Friday, December 18, 2009

Our Christmas Tree, decorations, and family traditions!

I can't believe that Christmas is only five days away! I have been meaning to post this for a while, but I guess with this time of year, time just got away from me! I love decorating for Christmas! This has got to be my most favorite time of year. Our stockings are hung but the chimney with care, and our halls have been decked! We started a new tradition this year, the Elf on a Shelf. I am sure many of you know what this is, but basically it is a little Elf that is Santa's helper and he watches the kiddos and reports back to Santa whether they are on the naughty or nice list. I know that Gage is a little young for it this year, but I can't wait for many years to come, to get our Elf on a Shelf out. (To find out more about this, here is the link http://www.elfontheshelf.com/#/home )
This is going to be a busy Christmas for us! We are heading to Houston the day after Christmas, to celebrate the holidays with all FOUR families and to also celebrate Gage's first birthday. We already had a party here at our house, but there will be two more for him down in Houston, so I am going to wait and post all the pics in one post. So for now, enjoy the pics of our decorations and I hope everyone has a nice relaxing Christmas break. Congrats, to all my teacher friends! You made it! I know you all deserve a much needed break this time of year!
















Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Into Everything!

Lately, our almost one year old is into everything. He loves to take things out of the cabinets that aren't locked in the kitchen and put them all over the floor, pull every book off the book shelf in his room, or try to get in the fridge every time we open it. I guess he is a typical boy!! Here are a few pictures of our little man! Can't believe he is almost a year!










New Items on ETSY!

I have been working hard on a few new custom Banners for some ETSY customers! I just put them on ETSY! Check them out!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ashleighhansberger






Monday, December 7, 2009

November Visits to Houston! (Thanksgiving)

Here is a little slide show of our visits in Houston! We have so much to be thankful for!

Sunday, December 6, 2009

My Birthday!

I am so behind on blog posting but I wanted to make sure I did a little post on my birthday! It's not the birthday part I want to share, it is how incredibly special my husband made me feel that day. Turning 28 is not fun at all and really it's just two years away from thirty, but my boys went all out that day. Daniel liked to call it "Ashleigh's birthday weekend!" My birthday was on Saturday November 21st! The Friday night before Daniel came home with some beautiful flowers, hired a babysitter and took me out to dinner to my favorite restaurant, PF Changs! We hadn't been there in so long, so I enjoyed every minute of it! Saturday morning when I woke up, he let me sleep in and then we went as a family and got breakfast. When we came back I opened a few presents from my family and friends. Daniel had to run an "errand" and he said he had a window of time between 10-12. (Hmm, very suspicious.) When he came back, he made me go in the bedroom. A few minutes later I was allowed to come out. As I opened the door, Daniel was singing Happy Birthday, all the lights were out, and a beautiful cake was sitting on the table with candles all lit. Now, I know some of you are thinking, "A Cake.?!" Big Deal" This was the first cake I have gotten on my birthday since I've been married! Anyway , after we ate cake and opened presents! This was the birthday of cases. I got a new hard case for my iphone, a new case for my camera, and a new case for my laptop from little Gage. Daniel got me a really cool Digital Picture frame that you can upload over 1000 pics. (Don't you worry, I already filled up the memory card. It's like a scrolling picture album of Gage's first year of life.)
Thank you Daniel for an amazing birthday! It was so very special to celebrate with the two favorite men in my life!!











Saturday, December 5, 2009

Our New Camera!

I am so excited! When Gage and I were in Houston, my Dad and Becky gave me an early birthday/Christmas present! I got my Mom camera!! They gave us a Canon Rebel XS! Let's hope in the next couple of post, you will start to notice that our pics are better quality. Hopefully I will learn how to use this thing pretty quick and get good at taking pics. It has always been a passion of mine and now I can start to become better at it! Thanks Dad and Becky for such a wonderful, generous gift!!


Friday, December 4, 2009

AND THE WINNER IS......

The winner of the Christmas Blog Give A-Way is.....





Dawn Ferguson!!!
Congratulations Dawn! I will send Amanda an email letting her know you won! Have fun picking out your item at Tiny Bit More!