Christmas Spirit

Our first Christmas together has been great and it's not even Christmas yet! Being our first year sharing a home, we really got into the Christmas spirit! The day after Thanksgiving, my family came up to Portland and we all went to see the Christmas tree lighting in Pioneer Square. As you can see, we were all really excited about it! Ha!



We actually had a lot of fun singing carols before they lit the tree.





After we said goodbye to the fam, we headed straight to Lowe's and bought a bunch of lights for the house. Matt got up on the roof even though it was POURING rain! Colorful lights on the house, white lights along the fence :)



We put some lights inside the house too and have a beautiful tree. Matt set the DVR to record Christmas movies and the Christmas cartoons from when we were kids. It's been so fun watching them together... he seriously knows all the words to Charlie Brown and Mickey's Christmas :) And of course, we've been listening to lots and lots of Christmas music.



We leave on Thursday to spend Christmas with Matt's family. I'm excited for my first Christmas with the in-laws!
Merry Christmas everyone!

Baby Shower for Baby O

Last month Michelle and I went down to San Diego to reunite with our college friends and celebrate Baby O. It was a very special weekend - we were all so thankful to spend time with Nicole while she's pregnant and experiencing something that none of us have. She looked beautiful and we are looking forward to meeting the little guy at the end of the year.

Heather and Julianne did a great job with the picnic, complete with blankets on the grass, baby games and yummy, yummy food!

I won the draw-a-baby-without-looking contest! Thanks Nicole for recognizing my artistic abilities :)

Truly was a wonderful weekend to reconnect with my favorite ladies. I love you all!

To see some beautiful photos, check out Nicole's blog post about the shower: http://www.theomanfamily.com/?p=1172