Thankfulness Continued...

So we had a great follow up to our Thanksgiving! Today began in the wee hours of the morning as I awoke at 5am to check my phone to see if a friend was able to brave the mobs at Walmart and get a gift I'd wanted to get for Savannah. Once I read my messages I couldnt fall back asleep. Savannah and I got up and headed to shop..what else can you do when your up that early on Black Friday? We shopped and even did our grocery shopping and were home by 11! The rest of the day I spent decorating the house for the best holiday ever! CHRISTMAS! Savannah had a lot of fun hanging up all the ornaments. They ended up all covered in one low corner but that was ok. She really liked the different textures on the "balls", and was even more excited about her very own Christmas tree in her room. We even got new pinkalicious cupcake ornaments to add to it today! I'm exhausted but...we still have 2 more great full days off work to rest! SO Thankful!

AND..All day my fave handymen had been working on Eastons room, I was SO eager to see it! I had to take pictures now that the beadboard is up! They have one more coat of white to do on the beadboard and they're all done! Yahoo! Check out the pics!

Lots to be Thankful for...

 Wow...Stuffed doesn't begin to explain it! I doubt Easton has any room in my belly after all the turkey I ate! I opted out of having everyone over to our house and boy was I glad I did. We enjoyed a relaxing day at home, I made a few side dishes, and watched lots of football. We headed over to the Palmers this evening to have dinner with everyone. Savannah gravitated right away to the girls. She loved playing with Taylor, Molly, Aunt Christi, Aunt Cindy, and Mallory. You can see pics of them playing below. Aunt Christi got her a Juicy stocking that she could color and that was a hit. She had everyone help her color it with her and it's quite the masterpiece! It was a great dinner filled with a ton of food, family, and fun!

We also introduced our Elf on a Shelf last night. We didn't want to assist her with naming him so we let her come up with the name. She named him Libby....yep a girl name. Libby happens to be a friend in her class but she named him and was certain that was his name! So Libby he is! This morning he was in the light in the kitchen and tomorrow he'll be hidden somewhere new! I happened to catch him in his new spot so I snapped a picture! I also took a photo of the book that comes with it. We've read the book 5 times already...I think its her fave. If you don't know the story go here. www.elfontheshelf.com . We hope you had a wonderful Turkey day with your family and friends!

Love,
The Palmers

From Guest Room Blahh to Baby Boy Room Awwwww!

Baby Easton's Room is coming along!! We've had a fabulous handyman named Yancy here the past few days. He's been patching the ceiling from the last time our horrible A/C pan overflowed into the ceiling (never to happen again hopefully thanks to a 3rd $300 fix), painting his room the most precious color of baby blue I've ever seen, Behr Satin paint and primer in one color named Skysail Blue if you're curious. We tested many blues (yes it's hard to find the right shade) and found the perfect one! It was a little hard to get a photo of because there is a gigantic armoire that we need to get out of there...Next step is to get the bead board and chair rail up and painted white! EEE! They come back Friday to do that and then guess what??? FURNITURE! It's waiting oh so patiently in the garage to be put together...Double EEEEEE!! While he was here we also had him add a trim piece around our fireplace in the upstairs den. Kevin painted it a yummy shade of milk chocolate which I think really breaks up the room! More pics of that room to come as we transform it into a playroom! Yay! Here is the progress so far!

Does this jersey make my belly look big?

Tonight the Chargers play at home for Monday Night Football. So Savannah and I were 'representin' in our Chargers Jerseys (GO BOLTS!) and decided to take our belly pic. Here we are at 18 weeks! Does this Jersey make my belly look big????

Speaking of Football...little Easton kicks me all the time now! I love feeling him roll around and poke at me. It's very reassuring that the little guy is doing well. The past 3 days have been filled with some random morning sickness which is odd but again reassuring that all is well in the belly! We're thankful its Thanksgiving week and its a short one at work and school! Gobble Gobble!

Love,

The Palmers

I heart Shutterfly

I really do!!! Two weeks ago I had a shutterfly party at my house hosted by www.houseparty.com . They send you all the fun party pack stuffed with freebies and you just invite your friends, provide food and cheer and you have a PARTAY! I loved having all my friends over to show them how to make shutterfly books (did you know you can pull pics from facebook??) and how AMAZING their Christmas cards are. I think I've been a loyal Shutterfly customer for ehhhh 6 years? My first albums date back to when Kevin and I had just met *tear* that was 7 years ago! NUTSO! So anyway it was a natural for me to have the party and share why I LOVE Shutterfly! Check out the pics below.

 Check out all the amazing Holiday card samples! You can see them online here:
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards

The have a bunch of other great products too! Every year for Christmas for Kevins fam I make a Family calendar with everyones Birthdays in it (something even cooler, Shutterfly saves the dates so if you make them every year the dates are already there! Super time saving perk!) Everyone oo's and ahh's over the pics. I have everyone send me their faves from the year and them I compile them. Its neat because not everyone has seen the photos of each families adventures and this is a fun place to show them off! Check out all the styles of calendars here! http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars
They also have super cool photo gifts! My mom made me a mug last year for Mothers Day that said "I became a Mommy on March 31st 2008" With Savannahs pic on it. Guess which mug I choose to have my tea in every day??? The one with my sweet baby girl on it of course! These make great gifts! http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts/photo-mugs

I just Love Love Love shutterfly and all they have to offer! I cannot wait to get my Christmas cards ordered and I've already picked out what Easton's birth announcements will look like from their site. I heart shutterfly, we're bff!

Family Time!

 Oreos are kind of a big deal in our house. We don't run out because that would be devastating. I only buy double stuff because that's the best kind. So we've introduced Savannah bug to the greatest cookie on earth and last night Kevin sat down and shared with her the art of dunking them in milk. It was one of those commercial moments but since Oreos are such a big part of our daily lives I just had to share. Check out the dunk-a-thon below. I also attached a pic of Savannah reading to Marley. This was Friday morning I was getting ready for work and I heard her "reading" in the kitchen. When I walked in Mars was sitting there listening attentively as Savannah read book after book. Isn't that sweet?

Enjoy our Pics! Love,
The Palmers

Easton's Nursery!

So I'm jumping on decorating Easton's nursery this go around. If you remember with Savannah her dang dresser was on backorder for months and months only to come in 2 weeks before she was born. I was one stressed momma and I was NOT going to have that this time! So pretty much the second I found out little bean was a boy my hunt was on. Kevin has lots of opinions with this one so it's been a little different in the decor department. He was dead set on a sports nursery even when I tried to sway him to something more neutral. I conceded though I got to decorate Savannahs room exactly how I wanted it so I really wanted him to love Eastons. SO, we agreed the best sports bedding without being too cheesy was the Pottery Barn Kids Junior Varsity nursery set (gotta love the name!) I like the classic feel and the traditional colors.
Next we had to decide on furniture. Take notes here if you're going to be needing baby furniture. JCPenney (I know who would have thought) has the BEST quality furniture and they are in a million colors and styles.  They happen to be great customers at work and I know a lot about their quality procedures and protocols so I knew this was good stuff. We've LOVED Savannahs, especially that we were able to convert it to a full size bed! (note: purchase the conversion rails when you buy the nursery set you'll need them in 2 years and who knows if the set will be discontinued) So naturally we were going to be repeat customers of the ol' JCP. Here is what we chose this time! In chocolate stain, I just love how the bookcase is lit!

Brooke is going to paint us some awesome pictures for the walls that match the bedding, she's so great at stuff like that! This is kinda what it will look like...this is a picture from Etsy.

Now on to painting the room! I just love love love decorating!

Love,
The Palmer Fam