so this is my first housewife christmas and we got our little tree up and all the gifts wrapped under it and somehow i pulled money out of my ass to make sure i got derrick gifts he really wanted. we didn't have enough money for nice bows so i made them out of construction paper and i cleaned the house all up and everything and it's snowing real crazy now so it should be fun.

we have to spend xmas eve and part of xmas with his family. let's see what crazy shennanigans they pull this time. ha. no it should go alright. i hope.

i still haven't sent out the thank you cards because i'm obsessed with getting together the perfect pictures to send out in them and it's driving me crazy! maybe i'm being too perfectionist about it.

oh and i'm coming in early january for sure, so everyone can see me and the baby! woo! i'm so excited.

so thanksgiving is over. i missed my family, i wish i could have been home for thanksgiving. oh well. i made a pumpkin cheesecake for derrick and it turned out effing phenominal.

i might get to come home next month for a little while to see everyone. that would be exciting.

i just got the pictures of ollie developed, so now i can send out the thank you cards with pictures inside. everyone get excited! he's the cutest baby EVER.

i love you guys and i miss you constantly.

ok horrible things:

i'm so hungry.
i started my period already. (i thought it would wait awhile to come back)
i miss sarah and wesley and everyone else in texas

amazing things:
hearing ollie make noise, he sounds like a gremlin.
ollie's first smile the other day, it was the most beautiful thing i've ever seen.
my amazing doctor here, she's the coolest woman EVER.

oh crying baby

best things ever:

family naps. sleeping between my two boys. oh god, best-thing-ever.
planning my halloween outfit.
making 650 dollars by taking three pills a day that fix my anemia!
cracklin oat bran on sale for three dollars
this certain look that ollie makes while he's sleeping, he raises his eyebrows
the movie 'seeing other people' see it, it's amazing.
my parents dream finally coming true and them getting to tour
eyeliner

not so best things ever:
strawberries that give me explosive runs
the rare times that olllie cries.
how cold it is in idaho already
me and joys nonexistant relationship. i so don't wanna hurt her feelings, but there's so many issues between us that can't go unaddressed. oh well i hope someday she knows i love her.
my parents going on tour and not getting to see my baby at thanksgiving, therefore me not being in texas for thanksgiving.

i love the feeling of changing his diaper and then changing his clothes after he eats and gets burped and i can put him in the bassinet knowing that he's all clean and full and he'll sleep well for the next hour or so.

ps his belly button is falling off, they said to make sure all the blood gets out of his belly button after that dried up part falls off, they said use a qtip and something else, not alcohol. i can't remember what it is. anyone know?