Christmas Blessings!

Merry Christmas from 

The Fulkersons!

8 Months Old!

Little Miss has blossomed her little personality these days.  She has grown by leaps and bounds in every way possible - it's SO hard keeping up with her!

A few things about her this past month:
- Her car seat (when we leave it out in the living room) will for some strange reason provide hours of entertainment for her - she LOVES it!  The straps, the handle, the toy. She crawls into it and falls out of it. She can't seem to get enough of it!
- She does this cute little sniffing thing when she wants to be silly.  If we do it back to her, often times she'll do it back to us.
- She's been trying more and more new foods every day.  There is not ONE food this little girl won't eat. And water - oh boy, does she love her water!
- She got her FIRST TOOTH!!!!  We all love looking in her mouth at it - it's just so darn cute!  Someday we'll get a picture of it!
- She loves to use anything she can as a walker.  The step stool in the kitchen, the laundry basket..... you name it.  If she can push it, she'll use it as a walker.  This girl is ready to walk!
- She still doesn't seem to mind strangers!
- She still sleeps like a champ at night.  Can't tell you the last time we had to get up with her in the middle of the night! Seriously, sleeps without making so much as a peep!

And now for a few pictures.  Cuteness overload.  Enjoy!

The Christmas Crazies

As if we didn't already have enough to do this holiday season, in our spare time, we find ourselves finishing up little projects here and there around (inside and outside) the house.  As well as....

We finally got our "first year as a family" plate done.  Nothing like waiting until almost the last minute, huh?  ;)

Made Emma's "First Christmas" ornament (which compliments Noah's "First Christmas" hand ornament with green and gold ribbon).  Best parts of our tree for sure.  :)

Jen is making scrabble ornaments for each of us this year.  She's also making a scrabble picture with our last name and first names on it.  It was super hard to find all of the letters needed and be frugal about it, so this project was slow-going.  :/  (Side note: we totally didn't get our personalized stockings ordered this year - SUCH a bummer!  Hoping for next year if they still have the ones we want....)

Jen crafts with a friend and this is what they made for December!

Noah made a paper chain to countdown to Christmas - cut it and wrote the numbers on it and taped it and everything!  It hangs proudly in our home.  :)  

Finally got our little snowman family completed - since WE are a completed family.  :)

Jen's been wrapping bottles with yarn.  Easy and fun - but these aren't all of them.....

We are in the planning stages of totally gutting and redoing our downstairs powder bathroom.  Since it can't just be a "find what you like and go do it" kind of thing and one decision will ultimately involve a few more decisions and renovations, this is taking awhile, too.  Once it's done though, it's gonna look fabulous!  :) Same goes with our kitchen.... it can't just be easy, can it?  ;)

In the midst of all this, we've had Christmas parties, date nights, and have shopped in about a million stores (online and offline).  We still have Christmas cookies to make, family and friends to gather with, Christmas movies to watch, lights to go see with friends, Noah's school Christmas program to attend, and other etc traditions to stick with.  Christmas is just so great!  :)

Now.... off to start planning Noah's birthday....  :)  Do we ever slow down?  ;)