What Happens...

....when my 1 year old pays too much attention and I'm not paying enough attention

he gets into my makeup!

Christmas/Hannukah Tree

We picked up our Christmas tree the other day. Its the first time I have had a real tree in YEARS. My mom got a fake tree a while ago so I havent gotten to go out and look for a tree in a long time. I didnt even know what to look for and didnt realize how expensive they are. We went to this one place by our house first and I found a tree that was calling me that was in our price range. Justin wanted a taller one though and with height comes more money u have to pay. Men and their egos with the big trees. lol. So we decided we would just look around and just in case we remembered where this tree was in case we wanted to come back and get it.

We ended up going to a tree place in Sherman Oaks off Ventura and Hazletine but it was raining and I didnt want to get out of the car. Justin decided he was still going to look. He called me in th e car and said "You want to know what tree we're getting?... its a noble and its originally $80...you want to know how much we're getting it for?... $39" I told him to just GET IT! Noble's are the most expensive trees because they are generally the best looking so we couldnt walk away with a deal like that. It was raining and the guy wasnt getting any sales so he gave us that spectacular deal. We tied the tree up to the car and headed home. The tree was a pretty good tree. It had its bad sides which I should have gotten out of the car to look at before we got it but overall I love it and with the deal we got who could pass. And it was tall enough to make Justin happy.

We unloaded but then needed to go ornament shopping. Boy was that an ordeal. I really loved these turquoise bulbs but also the dark blue. We decided to go with Blue and White in order to decorate for Hanukkah as well. Then i figured we needed an accent color so I got a few red bulbs as well. We came home with like 75 bulbs. of course not needing all of them. I didnt even realize until we started decorating that it was red, white, and blue. I kept wondering if the red would match but of course it would. When Justin was putting the lights on, Tyson was afraid to touch the tree. I had to bring him closer so he know it wasnt gonna bite him ;)

Then he got excited to decorate. He started putting candy canes on it. He thought the ornaments were balls and was taking those off and throwing them around. Oh boy! I have a few more weeks of having to try and save our ornaments.

When we were done decorating our tree came out SO NICE. I love it! especially the colors.

Favorite Chair

So the chair my dad got for Tyson for his birthday has been a huge hit. Tyson lovves sitting in it and watching his cartoons. In the mornings he will ask me for milk and when i'm making it he runs to the chair for me to give it to him. Cute until its his bedtime bottle and he still runs to his chair. :) He just looks so cute sitting in it and eating a snack or drinking milk. Now he even lays sideways in it and relaxes.

I thought these pictures were especially cute bc his sweatshirt is pulled up on his head and he looks like a little Bevis. lol.

Fall Trees

Here are some pictures of the trees I was talking about. Except I took pictures of them at night which is why there is a bright flash on some of them. But I was just amazed at how bright the leaves were. It was amazing. I wish I would have gotten better pictures in the daytime. Hopefully they are all still like that when I go back up north for Christmas time.

Thanksgiving Day

So I finally downloaded some pictures from Thanksgiving. We went to my aunt's house in Hercules which is on the bay. She lives in the cutest little neighborhood. It's very new but oldfashioned. All of the house are so cute and vintage style. She lives in a three story "flat". in the front of the house on the bottom floor is a store. Her whole side of the street is like that with store fronts. Then across the street is the vintage looking houses. From her back balcony is a view of the water and trails you can walk or ride horses. She is constantly seeing people riding horses right out the back.

I love Thanksgiving time mainly because of the trees. The trees near her house werent that pretty but all o f the bay area everywhere I drove I saw the PRETTIEST sights I have ever seen that involved trees. Bright red, yellow, orange, green. It was definitely fall time.






So we used to have Thanksgiving at my grandma's house with my entire family. tons of cousins, aunts and uncles but when she moved to Las Vegas in 1996 we all kind of dispersed and started to do our own thing. My aunt, Cookie (thats her nickname) and her husband have been having my mom and I over every year since my grandmother moved. She has two daughters too. It used to be just us but now we all have kids too so there have been 5 more kids added to the mix over the last few years. We have some of the "traditional" food that most people have like of course Turkey, stuffing, cranberries, sweet potatoes, but we also throw in some collard greens with hamhocks, and homemade baked mac and cheese. I think everyone's favorite is the mac and cheese that my mom makes. I feel like our dinner wouldnt be complete without it. All of my friends even ask me to try to bring some home for them :) I try to make it myself sometimes but it never comes out quite the same. Trust me, mine is good but hers is better. Isnt that how it always is though.



When we go to my aunts house, besides my uncle Edward, Tyson is the only boy so he's constantly surrounded by little girls. Si'nayah was his little keeper this time. She was constantly helping us watch Tyson from going down the stairs or outside. Everytime he would go near the stairs that went down she would run up to him and say "No Tyson, come this way" and she would grab his hand and walk him back to the living room. At dinner my cousin brought over this little kids table with chairs for the kids to sit at and eat. Tyson was big enough to sit with the girls this year and eat his dinner himself. It was so cute, he sat in his little chair and ate his food. Not all of it though.

After dinner we got him in his pajamas and thats when my mom decided to put his hair in the little pony tails like I mentioned in the entry before. Si'nayah was staying the night too so she got in her pajamas and that is when the fun started. They started playing tag and hide and go seek. Chasing each other up and down the stairs and around the couch. Tyson was having so much fun. It was seriously just so nice seeing him play and have fun with his cousin. I cant wait until he's older and maybe have some brothers and sisters to play with.


We spent the night at my aunt's house and in the morning it was Black Friday. My cousin wanted to wake up and go shopping at 5am but we didnt get up until 8am. They were already late. Everyone was going to go to Sacramento to go shopping. I had a photoshoot with a friend so I didnt go ANND i didnt really have money to go shopping anyways so I let my mom take Tyson so I could go to the photoshoot. Next Thanksgiving we'll be with Justin's family and we'll have a whole new adventure because Tyson will be even older. Cant wait!