Bear with me . . . this blog might be a long one!
Nick + I started off Christmas by opening up our gifts to each other + to our dog, Mitsy, on Thursday evening. We did small gifts this year: Nick's favorite gift were some magnets I had
made from some
Instagram pictures on my iPhone. My favorite gift was the baby mamma book that Nick created for me! It's full of coupons for foot massages, breakfast in bed, yogurt/ice cream run, a dinner out, + some others! Mitsy's favorite gift was probably the fancy treats - yogurt bones!
Friday, Cari came over early to start baking holiday treats! She made a ton: sugar cookies, gingerbread men, red velvet whoopie pies, snowball cookies, peanut butter cup cookies, + cupcakes. She also made homemade apple pie on Sunday for the Martens Family Christmas! Cari is quite the little baker - I basically measured a lot of the ingredients out for her + washed the dirty dishes. We probably hung out in the kitchen for at least 6 hours on Friday! Nick's mom, Jane, also came over on Friday afternoon to stay the night + help us prepare for the Hitsman Family Christmas on Saturday.
On Saturday morning, Nick + Jane began preparing the turkey + some other sides for the Christmas lunch we had planned with his family - it was our first time hosting a holiday celebration dinner. The lunch was great + then we had to start cleaning up so we could get to the presents! Zella, our niece, was fun to watch - she got some super cute
UGG boots +
pink sparkle TOMS + lots of new
American Girl clothes + accessories for her doll, Allison. Nick + I really enjoyed getting the
Sticks gift certificate from Lisa Brett + Zella. After the Christmas lunch + celebration with the Hitsmans was over, Nick, Jane, my mom, sister + I all went to see a movie:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It followed the book closely, but it's one I won't watch again. The book is better than the movie, as usual.
On Sunday, Christmas Morning, Nick + I woke up to my sister baking some monkey bread - super yummy! After breakfast + getting ready, we all started to prepare the ham + sides for the Martens Family Christmas. Nick, Mom + Cari did pretty much all the work - I was basically the designated dish washer all weekend! We had a pretty tasty lunch, cleaned up real quick + opened gifts. My favorite gift was my new camera - the Nikon d3100 + all the baby gifts. Nick said he liked all his gifts equally, what a nice guy! I'm a tad obsessed with my new camera: Nick apologized to Mitsy last night because I was seriously acting like the paparazzi with her - she'll definitely be my test subject for the next 6 months! I told her she was just getting to know the gal I was in college: would go out one night, take 100 pictures, upload them all to Facebook the next day!
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| Taking pic of Mits! |
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| The picture I took! Isn't she adorable? |
After celebrating Christmas with my side of the family, we went to another movie - the choice was
New Years Eve. It was a pretty cute movie - everyone seemed to enjoy it. Once the movie was done, we went back to the house to play with our new presents + to finish picking up the house.
Enjoy some more pictures below!!
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| Cari + Mom |
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| As Cari + I both say : "You're gonna pee your pants!" There is a story behind that one - from visiting the Haunted Forest many years ago in Ames, IA after an ISU football game! Most fun night ever with those two! Let me just put a side note: nobody really peed their pants, we were just laughing + screaming so much we kept saying we were going to! |
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| Trying out my new Snoogle pillow! |
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| Playing with a new Christmas toy from Grandma Jane |
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| Our nephew, Noah, picked this ornament out for Baby H. We had him hang it on the tree after we opened it + as he did he said "I got it for the baby!" It's right next to our 2011 Christmas ornament - the pregnancy one! |
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| Hanging out after the movie |
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| Cari's turn to try out the Snoogle - Mitsy wants to play! |
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| Nick's new TOMS! |
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| This senior pic might be better than one from Arnold Clark! |
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| Cari using her new planner - yep I got ANOTHER person hooked on the Erin Condren planners! Check them out! |
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| Oh - I guess it's now Mitsy's turn to try out the Snoogle! |
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| Gifts from Grams + Gramps Martens: sock monkey rattle, sophie bath toy, ISU bumbo cover! |
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| Moo Cow book from Grandma Jane! |
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ISU onesies from Uncle Jimmy, Aunt Megan + Cousin Noah
Minneapolis Love onesie + sophie teether from Aunt Cari |
Nick + I started off Christmas by opening up our gifts to each other + to our dog, Mitsy, on Thursday evening. We did small gifts this year: Nick's favorite gift were some magnets I had made from some Instagram pictures on my iPhone. My favorite gift was the baby mamma book that Nick created for me! It's full of coupons for foot massages, breakfast in bed, yogurt/ice cream run, a dinner out, + some others! Mitsy's favorite gift was probably the fancy treats - yogurt bones!
Friday, Cari came over early to start baking holiday treats! She made a ton: sugar cookies, gingerbread men, red velvet whoopie pies, snowball cookies, peanut butter cup cookies, + cupcakes. She also made homemade apple pie on Sunday for the Martens Family Christmas! Cari is quite the little baker - I basically measured a lot of the ingredients out for her + washed the dirty dishes. We probably hung out in the kitchen for at least 6 hours on Friday! Nick's mom, Jane, also came over on Friday afternoon to stay the night + help us prepare for the Hitsman Family Christmas on Saturday.
On Saturday morning, Nick + Jane began preparing the turkey + some other sides for the Christmas lunch we had planned with his family - it was our first time hosting a holiday celebration dinner. The lunch was great + then we had to start cleaning up so we could get to the presents! Zella, our niece, was fun to watch - she got some super cute UGG boots + pink sparkle TOMS + lots of new American Girl clothes + accessories for her doll, Allison. Nick + I really enjoyed getting the Sticks gift certificate from Lisa Brett + Zella. After the Christmas lunch + celebration with the Hitsmans was over, Nick, Jane, my mom, sister + I all went to see a movie: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It followed the book closely, but it's one I won't watch again. The book is better than the movie, as usual. 
On Sunday, Christmas Morning, Nick + I woke up to my sister baking some monkey bread - super yummy! After breakfast + getting ready, we all started to prepare the ham + sides for the Martens Family Christmas. Nick, Mom + Cari did pretty much all the work - I was basically the designated dish washer all weekend! We had a pretty tasty lunch, cleaned up real quick + opened gifts. My favorite gift was my new camera - the Nikon d3100 + all the baby gifts. Nick said he liked all his gifts equally, what a nice guy! I'm a tad obsessed with my new camera: Nick apologized to Mitsy last night because I was seriously acting like the paparazzi with her - she'll definitely be my test subject for the next 6 months! I told her she was just getting to know the gal I was in college: would go out one night, take 100 pictures, upload them all to Facebook the next day! 
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