Virginia Taylor Gordon

My friend Heather just had her baby early this morning! She was born about 2:25 am! She was 8 lbs 11 oz and 21 inches. Heather was in labor for 20 hours. I got to go see the sweet baby this morning while John was in preschool and again after work! She is SOOOOOOOOOOO cute. Both times that I was there she was just so sweet and cuddly. Supposedly she has been fussy other times but I wouldn't believe that at all. I am so excited that this little girl is finally here!

How cute is she?

Chuck, the daddy, holding his little girl.

The mommy and her daughter!

Gigi and I! I loved holding that baby. I can't say it enough.... she is SO sweet.

My New Hobby!

I have started making these cute frames...... or at least I think they are cute! A lady I babysit for makes them and has them all around her house. I asked about them and went to buy the supplies for myself. There was a picture frame I wanted to buy for my cousin for Christmas that is $20 at Swoozies. With my AC Moore and Michael's 50% off coupons, I was able to buy all the supplies for $16. I have made 12 frames!!!!!!!! I am mostly giving them out for Christmas presents to friends and will save some for birthdays. It is just SO easy and they turn out great. If you can't tell in the picture.... they are shiny!

Christmastime warms my heart,

OH Christmas, how I love you! I could not get through the winter season if it were not for Christmas. I HATE how it looks outside, especially when it is cloudy but I love when all the Christmas decorations go up. And I love decorating my home. This year has been my favorite by far since I love my current home so much. It feels so cozy. The only thing I am missing is a fireplace! If I had that, it would be perfect. Here are some pictures of how I decorated my house this year. I definitely used some tips that I learned in my Festively Frugal Christmas seminar!

I also LOVE nutcrackers. I have started a little collection of them. I am going to hit the after Christmas sales and buy some more to add this year!

creepster.

My dog sat like this one my bed for several hours just staring at me. I even left my room for awhile and when I came back she was in the same position. It kind of weirded me out because for anyone who knows me dog, she rarely sits in the same spot for a minute! Now I think it if funny!

This is SO cute!

Okay so most of you should know that I am NOT a cat person. I used to love them when I was a kid but now I just don't care for them. Plus, I am allergic. Despite all of that, I think this is one of the cutest videos I have ever seen. I saw it on 'Ellen' the other day and wanted to share it for those who haven't seen it. And even though I am allergic, I do love kittens so that is probably why I love this video. I just don't like them at all once they grow up. tee hee.

Softball

I love my softball team! I can't say it enough. I was so apprehensive about doing it but I have just had a blast.... I have had to give up my Sundays but I just always have so much fun. Now, it is almost over. We had playoffs this past weekend and we won both games! So the weekend after Thanksgiving will be our last game or games as it will be the championship. Something really excited happened to me this past Sunday though..... I scored 2 runs for the team! There was some about a suicide run and RBI but I don't know what those mean... but I did something right. I am by far the worst player on the team but I don't mind. I think I said before that pretty much everyone on the team played on their high school team and there are even some who played for their college!! Last weekend I made it to 3rd base for the first time but then got out because I didn't know what was going on. And this week I made it home twice! My teammates were yelling at me to tell me what to do the whole time but I was thankful because otherwise I would have probably gotten out. We had a joke that my goal was to hit a home run but my secret goal was just to score.... and then I did twice!!!!!

The girls on the team. I love them so much!!!!

And here is our team. I think 2 people are missing.

It has been such a blast!!!!! I think we are playing dodgeball or bowling as a winter sport with all the same people so stay tuned!

$6

These are my new shoes that I LOVE. I got them for $6. I would have paid probably $30 for these because I think they are so cute but I didn't have to!!! They are actually from payless. I have never found a pair of shoes in there in the past 5 years. I can't even remember the last time I bought shoes from there. AND I love these! Can you tell I am excited?