Moon and Stars

I ordered Austin's bedding today! I can't wait for it to ocme in. I think it's going to look great with the dark blue wall behind it.
Here it is! This is his room with his name, moon, stars, and cloud decals added. I'm pretty excited about it. It looks even better in person than in the picture!

We also got the glider today for Austin's room. Here's the proud Dad finally taking a break after all of his hard work!

Tomorrow we will be doing a little more shopping for Austin's room. We're making progress:)!

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

What a fantastic Christmas! We couldn't have asked for a better first Christmas as Mr. and Mrs. Watts. Andrew's brother and his family are here from Mississippi and we've have spent most days going back and forth from Odessa listening to Christmas music. Andrew got VERY excited when we finally got to hear the redneck 12 days of Christmas! We both sang that one beautifully:)! We spent Christmas Eve night in Hobbs with my family. Apparently my dad had been a bad boy this year because he got a lump of coal! Ha ha ha...

Kamden and Kason on Christmas Eve. They got new TVs and are VERY excited. Kason's reaction was classic and fortunately it was caught on tape.

Yep, this is the Watts clan! We were thrilled they came over to Hobbs to spend the afternoon with us. Then we went over to Carlsbad for Christmas on the Pecos. This isn't even everyone, most of the kids were in the back room playing games.

Christmas on the Pecos! So pretty and got to hang out with family! This is Uncle Drew with Emily and Ashlyn.

Oh yes, we took up most of the boat! I think we all had a great time and many laughs. They could have new rules next year about allowing us to come together again;).

After Christmas on the Pecos Kent, Karen, Shane, Sarah, and all of the kids came back over to our house for another round of Bezzerwizzer. (We played twice on Christmas.) This round we added a little bet to it that the losing couples had to bring cookies to the winners next Christmas. Yep, Andrew and I kicked butt. We're looking forward to our cookies next Christmas:)! Such fun times...

Progress!

Oh yes, remember this? This is where we were when we started on Austin's room... And this is where we are now...

Yeah, can you tell much has changed? I have been doing some SERIOUS cleaning out over the break. Andrew has also been on vacation. He did all of the painting in between trips to Odessa. He did such a great job. I REALLY like it! The decals came in and I will be adding the clouds, moon, and stars to the blue wall tomorrow. I'm so excited to see how that will look! On Tuesday we will be doing some baby shopping. We're going to look for the other pieces of furniture to add to his room. Can't wait!

I'm free!

That's right, it's officially Christmas Break! Thank goodness! It was touch and go there for awhile. This break is very NEEDED! Today was my last day and Andrew gets to start his vacation next week also. We are very excited and have tons to do! I have lots of house cleaning to accomplish. I'm cleaning things out! I also have not wrapped ONE present yet, so that'll be a big job. AND we'll be working on Austin's room. He officially has carpet now....

Progress! Compare that picture to the previous one and we've done a lot! On the agenda this week is PAINTING! I think we've decided on a dark blue wall and then "cafe latte" for the other 3 walls. The colors look great together! I cannot wait to see the room after it's done! I ordered the cloud wall decals! Can't wait to get them! I also ordered this quote for one wall...

How perfect is this quote for his room? And we also got the stars to put around the clouds. I only ordered the white ones.

I am so anxious to see his room painted AND to see the decals on the walls! I think it's going to be too cute:).

2 Years, 1 Year

Ahhh...December 12...What a special day! Two years ago today Andrew and I had our first date. He drove over from Odessa and we went to dinner at Cattle Baron and then to the movies. We saw Four Christmases. It was a great first date! After we got to know each other later he teased me he didn't like the movie much because it was a chick flick. The funny thing is I walked in on him watching it again in the bedroom on HBO not too long ago;). ONE year ago today we got engaged. We were in Austin and spent the day Christmas shopping. That night we went to Bev and Bill's wedding. Here is a picture of Courtney that sang at their wedding that night. As soon as she started singing I knew she needed to sing at ours too!
This is me and Andrew at the reception! We had a good time talking, eating, and dancing! We had our first dance this night.

This is Bev and Bill! They had such a beautiful wedding. We're glad we got to be there for it:). Happy 1st anniversary!

The Arboretum in Austin - Very pretty! We've been there MANY times! In fact...I wouldn't mind going back again soon!

A proposal, a ring, and ice cream...what more can you ask for:)???

I finally broke...

I have not bought ONE thing for Austin....until today. Today I did a little shopping. This first picture I haven't bought yet, but I'm going to! Austin's room is going to be done in moon and stars. I'm going to order these vinyl clouds to put on the wall. How cute are they!?!?
Soooo...I went to Hobby Lobby today and made a few purchases. I got these letters to put up on the wall above his crib. I'm going to hang them from some cute ribbon above his crib.

Ahhhhhhh...I found this frame and HAD to have it. This is Austin's picture in it already:)!

I put this up on the wall that's right before you go into Austin's room. Love it!

And....for the main purchase today...we got carpet for Austin's room! My mom and dad are actually getting it for him. They were going to buy his crib, but we've decided to use Kason's since it's still in great shape. I went after to school to look and see what I could find. The first place I went they had a great deal on some carpet that is almost identical to the carpet in the living room AND it's in stock NOW! The carpet layers are going back to Dallas for Christmas on Friday, so they are laying the carpet Thursday morning! Woohoooo!

No pink carpet for Austin:)!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Andrew and I actually did our decorating last weekend, but I'm just now getting the pictures up. We've had a few minor technical difficulties with light bulbs and timers, but I think that's all straightened out now. I got these stockings last year at Kohl's. We had them up in Andrew's apartment in Austin last year. Mandy gave me this cute ornament for our tree! How cute is this!?!?

Our Christmas tree! Now I just need to get some presents wrapped to put under it!

You can't really tell, but the lights on our house are red and white alternating.

That's a Tech football player! I got it last year to replace the Double T that had been stolen 2 years ago! (Yes, I'm still bitter!)