39 weeks

my pregnant days are numbered.

if baby doesn't come on her own, i'm getting induced December 26th, @ 6am!!

we can't wait to meet our little girl.

On our seventh date of Christmas...

we saw it SNOW!

well, as close as you can get to snow in LA.


the Americana @ Brand.


please ignore my large self and just see the pretty snow.


such a good sport.

On our sixth date of Christmas...

we finally used a gift card we'd been hoarding to PF Changs!

Appetizer: Spring Rolls
Entree: Chang's Spicy Chicken
{trying to get baby out}



Dessert: Mini Carrot Cake



y.u.m.

Dear Santa,

All I want for Christmas is to be home with my parents, my husband and our brand new perfectly healthy baby girl.

Can you please get a move on?

Love,

Mandy

On our fifth date of Christmas...

we walked to a christmas tree farm lot just to smell the trees.

we love our artificial tree but nothing beats a real one...some day we'll go cut our own down like i did growing up.

my parents still go out and cut down their own tree.

this will suffice for now.

December EAT: Sweet Swap

this is my favorite EAT of the year.
not because of all the junk but because of our gift exchange. last year we set a 5 dollar limit but we raised it to 10 this year.
the challenge is to find the absolute best thing you can within the price. love it!

digging in.


melissa. jenae. mike.


brady. jamie. sara.


david and landon. how cute is that?


starting the gift exchange!!!


i forgot to take pics of everyone with their gifts but i snagged a few.
sara and stewart w/a pazooki cookie pan & mix.


dan, lauren and baby girl.
w/flavored hot chocolates, marshmallows and mugs.


tyler and blair.
w/monopoly chocolate edition


jenae and mike.
w/cute picture frame.

other gifts to note:
monopoly & scrabble card game.
penguin's frozen yogurt gift card
flavored hot chocolate set

see last years december EAT here.