December Flew Right By!

We've officially made it through December. What a month it was for us!
The excitement started early for us with the arrival of our handsome stud: Koen Michael Williams. Although his earlier than expected arrival put a pause on projects that were currently a work in progress, we were exstatic about having him with us in time for our other festivities, which were to quickly follow.


A week and a half after Koen came, we celebrated my 22nd birthday; my first as a mom. Not only did I get to delight in a needed nap, Jon surprised me with a coffee table book he designed of several of my photos. He did a wonderful job. This was also our parents christmas gifts.


Not quite two weeks later, Christmas Eve arrived. Jon had to work part of that day, which gave me a chance to finish a much needed project... our Christmas stockings! It's true, I hadn't completed a single stocking yet and Santa was to come THAT NIGHT to fill them. It's amazing how little time one has, even if their only child sleeps most of the day away. Thankfully, Koen helped out by deciding he could sleep most of the morning without being held. So, I was able to "finish" our stockings with minutes to spare before Jon got home. I still need to add our names. That evening, we watched the classic "Its a Wonderful Life," as I'm sure many other families did too.


Of course Christmas day arrived next. We got a good nights rest with Koen only waking up once for his first Christmas meal and then we were lucky enough to sleep in a tad. We got ready for the day and talked with family the first part of the day. We then opened gifts, which was fun of course. Jon and I were both excited about some of the gifts we were giving the other. Koen was especially spoiled this year, mostly thanks to his proud grandparents. (Thank you!) Jon and I were spoiled as well. Jon gave me a nice new coat that was certainly in need. I love it and it keeps we super warm. Thanks honey! Koen got an Arkansas Razorback onesie that he should be able to wear just in time for next years football season. I was super excited about this gift because I knew his dad would be excited and proud to have his son in such an artical of clothing. Jon got several things to keep him warm and protected in the snow too. We all were treated pretty well this year.



Just a few days after our Christmas celebrations (yesterday), was our third wedding anniversary. Jon and I had no idea how we wanted to celebrate our anniversary this year. Instead of going out to dinner, we enjoyed an Olive Garden dinner here at home.
We ate dinner while it "snowed" inside of our apartment as well. I knew it would make Jon happy if it snowed on our anniversary, and since we have yet to figure out how to control the weather outside, I pinned snowflakes to our ceiling. Jon suggested we keep them up until after summer so that we can have snow in the summer time too, but... I don't think so. Jon gave me a new small camera. I was totally surprised and super excited for it. I have been so frustrated with our other little camera and am rarely pleased with it's quality. (I love Nikon, but probably will never get a small Nikon camera again.) I gave Jon a pair of snowshoes. He was pretty excited about them and was quick to fashion them for me. :) Jon was able to test out his new snowshoes along with some of his other new snow gear he got for Christmas this morning. He said they all worked great and he had a lot of fun. I hope I can test out snowshoeing with him sometime soon myself. It seems like a fun family hobby.


Well, that was December for our family. It flew by faster than ever and was a lot of fun. We're soon to start off our a new year where our little Koen will shortly be a month old on Saturday! Oh how the time truly did fly!