2012...catch up sesh.

Oh my days! It has been a busy last few months. Mostly due to hubby's business getting off the ground.. :) So it's a good busy. He is on a business trip again this week so i'm taking some time to get a blog out there and catch y'all up on life.

In the last couple months my birthday happened. Urgh. I'm 26 and resent it. I hate that i'm approaching 30. I just feel like once you're 30, you've run out of excuses to explain bad choices. Haha. Is that bad that I hate that? Probably. At least I'm honest, right?

Thanksgiving happened, which was lovely as usual. It's an American holiday i've grown to look forward to and love because of all it stands for. It's also a great excuse to teach the little ones about being thankful and grateful for the people and things that surround them.

Christmas of course came and went far to fast. :( It's my very favourite Holiday. It is a time to celebrate one of the main things our home life revolves around, and that is our Saviour, Jesus Christ. It was so fun this year since the twins were finally old enough to start to grasp the idea of the Nativity. We even had a little dress up sesh with them that their Grammie organized. SO precious.

Lots of traditions have been started and i'm sure will continue to grow with the years. We had lots of family time and enjoyed my mum staying with us which is always awesome. The kids adore spending time with her and were entirely spoiled as per usual with gifts from some of my favourite stores back home in England. Who knew i'd miss Marks and Spencers and Tesco so much!?!? ;)

Here's a little sneaky peek at our house Christmas morning!

(Disclaimer: the jammies pic is from Grammie's house, as much as i'd love to claim the beautifully decorated tree...mine was a rather disheveled looking pine tree with decorations more "thrown" in it's general direction.

4 little "helpers" don't always help in the most desirable way... ;) It was more of an accomplishment just having one up than needing it to be beautiful. haha.

Thus, Grammie's was our model tree where we took pics!)

My mum was still in town for New Years Eve and hubby and I got to spend it in our beloved city, Pittsburgh. It seriously is such a cool place, and anyone who lives close and hasn't explored it needs to get out there!! Contact me if you're looking for advice on places to go that are kid friendly or even not so kid friendly...we know a bunch of fun places to go and are always discovering new ones. Specially good places to munch! (We try not to be a chain restaurant kinda couple...it's all about supporting Local businesses!) We too are open to new suggestions!

I definitely suggest putting aside some date money and purchasing a VIP pass for Pittsburgh First Night for 2012/13. It gets you fantastic parking, accessibility, good seats to shows, complimentary hot choc and snack bar that is available most of the night and the donation you pay goes to help put on the whole experience. I love the idea of supporting our city and the good seats to the shows definitely made our experience even more exciting! :)

This year has been mostly just getting finished up with our house building permits and all the loose ends tied up. We are now just waiting for the telephone company to move a pole that is in the middle of our property and then WE DIG!! Eeeeeeep! So much excitement. I can't wait to finally get a start on it. It feel like it's taking forever. At least I know we'll be in by Spring this year and that gives me some hope. Must keep pinning on Pinterest in the meantime. So many awesome decorating ideas for the interior and exterior. I'll do a few future posts on some of my most loved ideas. If you want to follow me on Pinterest my link is:

http://pinterest.com/british_mummy/

(here are our exterior house plans...how cute is this house??....

i'll do a post later on the before and after plans and all the interior stuff too....but that's a whole other post for a whole other day!)

Last bit of news, our little munchkin had her first cheerleading class last night. :) Oh my gosh, so much cuteness it was unreal. I was clearly more nervous than she as, her new friends came up to her and she left me without looking back. I could hear the class going on (we're not allowed in as we'd be a distraction) and as soon as I had "aaannnnnnd shake your butts.." I knew she'd be fine. ;)

Well thats about it for updates...back to regular blogging this month. Too much slacking due to feeling sorry for myself having very little "me-time".

Happy New Year to everyone. I hope it's a blessed one for everyone and that we achieve all that we hope to achieve... keep those goals and stick to them! :)

This will be one of my first non-pregnant years for a while now so let's see

what i'm capable of accomplishing sans bump!