Mama Knows Best

So we didn’t get the white Christmas we wanted, but Christmas was great!

Ethan was spoiled with toys, clothes, diapers, formula, books, cds, dvds, and a cd player.  It’s amazing how a childs stuff can take over a home so quickly!  His closet is jam packed..  so we’ve been putting some of it in the back of our closet! 

And with all of the new gadgets our son has accumulated, we’ve decided we’re going to redo some rooms in our house.  We’re going to move the wall in our bathroom back up into the laundry room..  which in turn gives us a much larger bathroom!  I know that you probably don’t understand this because you’ve never seen my house, but it will make such a difference.  We’re also going to have more cabinet space in there, as well as a new bathtub/shower unit.  We were planning on getting a new shower anyway, so this is perfect.  We’ll also close off the old bathroom door in our kitchen and relocate it to the other wall.  This will close off our kitchen and allow for more cabinet/counter top space.  Who doesn’t need a bit more storage?

Also.. my parents house is almost near complete.  We’ll be giving them back their dresser and queen bed out of our guest bedroom and buying ourselves a nice daybed set and some shelving units for the guest bedroom.  These shelves will have books across the top shelves, but baskets on the bottom shelves for more of Ethan’s toys!  Our son was seriously so spoiled that we’re now having to be creative in our storage options.  I can’t complain too much though.. it was nice receiving all of these things.  It’s much less that we have to buy him for a while. 

Jeff and I were somewhat spoiled this year, as well.  More so Jeff, but it’s okay.. I got the best birthday and Christmas present this year!  I got a bunch of clothes, some dvds, a new purse, a new printer, and board games.  Jeff got clothes, dvds, a coffee maker, and pajamas.  Together we got some new sheets, a roaster, some more dvds, coasters, picture frames, gift cards, money, etc. 

Speaking of Christmas.. Jeff’s mom and my Aunt got Ethan some pajamas and they are so adorable!  The sad part is that they’re 6-12 month in size and he’s already close to out growing them!  Sometimes, I wish he wasn’t so long.. then some of the most adorable outfits alive would fit him a little longer.  I’m impressed by how quickly he’s growing and developing.  He’s holding his own head up pretty regularly now. 

And I’ll end with the worlds greatest Christmas present I received…

 Ethan slept 9 1/2 hours on Christmas Eve!  He did it again last night, too.  Am I a lucky mama or what?

P.S. – I added pictures to my coppermine gallery, so check it out!