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I'm taking a little break from my 'catching up' posts because I got some fun mail today and just have to blog about it :)

Last week I won a blog giveaway from em.j and my goodies were waiting for me when I got home from work. I won this adorable headband and necklace:

Emily has a new etsy store with other fabulous headbands and necklaces. I'm currently lusting after this beauty:

*Photo from the em.j Facebook fan page

I love it! It's been listed - and sold - twice while I decide if I need to add to my rarely worn jewelry collection. I think on payday I will reward myself for an extra long work week :)

PS - I hate how crappy (and small!) blogger makes photos look. Blah.

Catching up... again (December)

In December:

*I photographed my first birth experience. It was amazing! I have another one scheduled for the end of April and I can't wait. (The full slideshow of the birth is on our business Facebook page.)

*We took Maggie to get her picture taken with Santa at the Lexington Humane Society event called 'Santa Paws.' Unfortunately, when we got there they said pets were not allowed... which I'm still not sure I understand.

*I did a newborn session for Blake's newest nephew - which is the same baby from the birth session above

*I made some adorable birthday party invitations (If I do say so myself!)

*I packed for my month-long trip to TN/FL and took over our bed. Poor Blake.

*Celebrated Uncle Eddie's birthday in TN

*Mimi & Poppi took us to the Symphony

*We had to have our picture taken with Santa while we were there :)

*Visited Great Aunt Dot...

...and Mom's old friends from high school. Ruthie was with us via an iPhone photo :)

*Went to Granny's for Christmas Eve and played Scattergories with the cousins

*Got spoiled on Christmas morning, but we didn't take any photos all day :(

*Drove through downtown Chattanooga and looked at the cute window displays

*Spent a very long time in the car by myself

*Gave Sophie her Christmas presents

*I loved being there to help celebrate Sophie's 1st birthday!

*The Birthday Girl on her first morning as a 1 year old!

*Went shopping at International Mall with the bestie

*Spent quality time with the Baucoms :)

Catching up... again (November)

I've been told that I need to update the blog. This is just for you, Sara! Especially since I'm pretty sure you're the only person who reads this :) I was doing a good job of updating in November! Guess the holiday craziness got to me, then I was out of the habit. So much has happened since my last post that it would make this one WAY too long - so I will make a post for each month.

In November:

*My wrapping paper addiction was confirmed

*I did a little babysitting

*I colored my hair for the first time since college. And even in college, we just did a few 'streaks' - this was all over! I went darker and I loved it. Can't wait to get it re-done :)

*We drove to TN for Thanksgiving. Maggie was a trooper!

*Blake got to open his Christmas presents early because he was on call during Christmas and stayed in Kentucky

*We had our first Gigi's Cupcake - I'm in love! (And the new Gigi's in Lexington just opened! Yay!)

*It was Blake's first time having Thanksgiving dinner with the whole family in Chattanooga. It was also our first time having a deep fried turkey. The first photo is a temperature gun (or something like that) for the fryer. It says 346.4 degrees!!!

*Maggie was being extra cute on Thanksgiving day :)

*Lunch after church with my favorite cousin at my favorite pizza place, Lupi's

*We came back to Kentucky and played with Blake's Christmas presents

*And put up some Christmas decorations

Whew! That was a lot of work. Hopefully I will get around to posting December and January before summer time :)