Is it Christmas time yet?

I love this time of year!!

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As I write this, snow is falling outside and everything is covered in a soft white blanket. I can't wait to get Adam bundled up tomorrow and head out to play!
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Every morning for at least the last month Adam has asked either Clayton or I the same question...
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"Is it Christmas time yet?"
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My answer is the same every time...

"Not yet..We need to be thankful first and there is a special day set aside for that called Thanksgiving. Then the very next day it's Christmas time!"
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His answer to me is always the same too...

"I. AM. THANKFUL. EVERYDAY!" and yes, he yells this at me.
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He's getting a bit impatient so I'm relieved that by the end of this week we will be able to say YES it's Christmas time!! But I'm sure he will come up with something new like "Is Santa here yet?"...hahaha.

don't worry I'll keep you posted.
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Anyhoo...as I said I love this time of year! I love decorating the house, baking yummy treats, shopping for all those special gifts and of course sending out Christmas Cards to everyone we know!

My favorite website for all things "photo project"
related is Shutterfly.com

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I love all their products! Their site is very user friendly, its easy to upload photos and their tutorials walk you through any project you are working on. I've made several Photo Books about our family. They make great gifts too, I've sent them to Adam's birth mother, and I even made a special book just for Adam about his many adventures. It's a story that I wrote about him and he loves to look at the pictures and asks us to read it to him all the time.
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I ordered Coopers birth announcement through them and it turned out SO cute!
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The one thing I haven't done yet is order my Christmas cards from them. I chose several different ones last year from their site but in the end I procrastinated and ended up having to make my own just so I could hurry and get them mailed!
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Well that is NOT going to happen this year!
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I have been swooning over their Christmas cards for about a week now trying to pick the perfect one but they are all so cute I can't make up my mind!
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I'm even more excited than usual this year because with the help of one of my dear friends we were able to get some awesome family photos this year. I like to take my own but it's getting harder and harder so this year my friend came along to help make sure Adam was smiling and press the camera remote so I didn't have to worry about anything! I love how our pictures turned out!
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I'm going to be shallow for a minute and be honest with you...
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the reason I like them so much is because for once I actually look good!!
(if you don't agree with me be kind enough to not say anything and just let me dwell in my delusional state)
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I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I've lost 48 lbs and I finally have a hair cut that I love.
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Here are a few of my favorites from our family pics that I want to include in our Christmas card this year....
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Not bad eh??
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I have two criteria for our Christmas cards this year.
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1. It has to have room for multiple photos because I know I won't be able to choose just one picture.
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2. It has to say Merry Christmas because I'm a firm believer of keeping Christ in Christmas.
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Here are a few of the ones I love.
for the sole purpose of not making this post days and days long, I'm only sharing 5 but there are SOOOO many cute ones.
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I need some help narrowing down my selections so let me know which one of these is your favorite!!
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And if you haven't already, go take a gander at all the cute Christmas stuff that Shutterfly has to offer. Happy Swooning!
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Christmas photo cards
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photo holiday cards
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· calendars
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· Christmas invitations
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· address labels
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· Christmas gift tags


And don't forget, I need help picking from those cards so let me know which one pops out at you!