plug....

for bb....

he has a new photography blog...check out his latest stuff at....

http://www.artbybilly.com/

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on a side note...on etsy i just made the cutest new purchases for the arrival of our little one...

oh i am soooo excited!

his heart on christmas...

after opening 10 individually wrapped tootsie rolls on christmas morning i finally got to a little blue box with the following note....

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yes that's right....a high-tech, ultra secure, retna scan, dna testing lock....:) one of my favorite parts....they couldn't fit billy on the card...so a whole separate card came with the ly...

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we spent christmas 2009 with the bush bunch and we loved it...christmas eve was spent with the entire extended family and papa bush's accordion versions of every christmas song there ever was....it was quite entertaining....the whole gang got into it and everyone played their own little instruments.... bells.... drums.... you name it, oh boy, we had it...and we weren't half bad either! christmas day was quiet and spent just with the padres and siblings....the usual christmas stuff...opening presents...late breakfast, the boys playing with remote control everything...and hanging out until the evening when we went and saw the new sherlock holmes...good movie.

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billy and i feel truly blessed to be able to spend our holidays with friends and family....it helps us to remember the true meaning behind the season and makes our christmas that much more fulfilling...so merry christmas to all of our fellow bloggers and we hope you have a very happy new years too!

photo by Billy Bush

timi&leslie...

so i bought the diaper bag today....my mother in law showed me the cutest convertible diaper bags....the designer is timi&leslie...i love them...

the inside is the cutest too but it won't let me capture that image so check it out.... the bag comes with a bottle tote, a changing pad, and a dirty clothes bag and the inside is vinyl for easy cleaning...i can't wait til wednesday when my new baggy comes in!!! they have lots of other designs too so if you don't like this one you can check them all out by just googling timi&leslie...

merry christmas....

remember the meaning...

oh christmas tree....

i set up the tree ahead of schedule this year...which goes against all of my ethics...but i guess you could say the nesting kicked in and so i wanted it all set up and ready to go when i walked in the door from california....so one week before thanksgiving...up went the tree....

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i loved walking into our home from vacation and seeing all of the decorations all set up and waiting for me....but....billy and i have noticed an oddity with our tree this year....it took me 4 strands of lights to clothe our entire tree....and we noticed 3 sets are on a blinking schedule....sort of....we turn the tree on...and it randomly decides which section to let blink...sometimes it will be the bottom....sometimes the second third and sometimes just the middle....never do all three sections blink together....and it only chooses one section a day to allow this oddity to occur in....i have searched that tree...trying to locate the sole light that is allowing this atrocity to occur, to no avail....i can not locate that dumb little blinker....so every time i plug in our tree it's like it laughs at me....i sit there staring at it waiting to see which section it chose today....sometimes it likes to mess with my head and take an extra long time in between blinks...just to make me think maybe today i won my little battle with our christmas tree....and then about three hours after being plugged in....my little tree will give up its fight and stop blinking all together....the lights will shine so pretty and bright and i don't have to feel like i'm going to rip every single bulb off that tree individually....patience is the key with our tree this year....maybe next year i'll find that stupid bulb....

getting closer....

while in cali....billy and i had a little fun with the warm weather, the sunsets on the beach and my pregnant self....so fun!!

when we came home from our 70 degree home away from home it was of course snowing....and so we have been confined to light christmas shopping and finishing up the baby's room!!!! horray! here is a sneak peak...

thanks bekah for getting me to post more! :)

making up for lost blogging...

i know...i've been horrible at keeping up with things...so a warning to my readers...it's going to be a long one....

well lets go back to the bush family halloween....oh yes....that far.

The bush padres and jordan, lindsey and chaser too came down for a fun halloween weekend with us in October....they took us all to thriller and frightmares....it was loads of fun and we couldn't have been more excited for the events!

images via yahoo image search

apparently when you are 6-7 months pregnant everyone thinks it would be fun to get a family photo in...so here is the first of the families...the bush's, i tried to hide myself behind the children in each photo :)

zooming ahead a little bit to our week in cali over thanksgiving! since it will probably be our last trip out before the baby arrives my parents got together and threw me a fun baby shower! It was great...i got to see all of my family from my dad and mother's side as well as some friends from high school and college....

thanks again to all who made it out...billy and i loved seeing everyone and can't wait to share the little one with you soon!

the night before the shower...billy and i got together with my two besties to see NEW MOON...yes i said billy went too...and shhh...he secretly love it....haha.....although still a little cheasy i was much happier with this one than it's prequal....

the lovely lynzi...in halloween garb...

and whitney...beaching it up...

i love those girls....

thanksgiving weekend we went to the beach house with my daddy's side and spent our november day in 75 degrees watching the boys surf and prepping yummy food....could you ask for anything better? by far one of my favorite holiday traditions....whit and al came up to join us too and we loved having them!

family photo #2....

billy and i always love our time in cali and it's always so good to see everyone!!! love you all!