The Bare Family

Dean and I have been talking about what Christmas traditions we want Zane to have. We always put up all our decorations up the day after Thanksgiving. And then ofcourse you have going to look at Christmas lights. The one that we both had was getting to open one gift on Christmas Eve.  It was also tradition in our house to watch the Grinch on Christmas Eve night. You also have the whole making cookies for Santa. My question to everyone is what Christmas traditions do you have??   Here are some Christmas traditions that I've ran across...  Remember the Animals...   Legend has it  that on Christmas Eve, all animals are granted the ability to speak until daybreak. While the following tradition doesn't guarantee you a verbal thank-you from the neighborhood wildlife, it's a nice way to treat your animal friends when food is scarce.  You don't need to be elaborate--putting out birdseed or peanut-butter sandwiches for the squirrels will suffice. But for a truly lovely twist, y...

We have so much to be thankful for this year. First, I'm so grateful for Zane and that he is here to spent Thanksgiving with us... that he is healthy... he's a great baby.... and so much more.  Dean and I are in a better situation than at this time last year.  We've got a rough year and a half behind us and are starting fresh with so much less stress.  Our marriage is in a great spot as well.  We are so grateful for the family and friends that we have. All of our service men and women... without them what freedom would we have?  And the list goes on and on.  So usually for Thanksgiving we head down south in the morning to my Aunt Frances' for my side of the family and then back to Jacksonville to Dean's Aunt Deanna's for Dean's side of the family.  Sadly the tradition at my aunts house ended last year.  So this year we're heading just to Jacksonville for Thanksgiving.  Here is a quick slide of Zane's first Thanksgiving  :) On the way home we stopp...

Things have def seemed to get crazy around our house in the past week.  I can't believe that a week ago we were in the hospital meeting our little man for the first time.  We're starting to get set into a routine.  I am finding out just how much I adore Dean.  He is the best husband and daddy ever.   Zane... what can I say, he's perfect!  He most def is Dean's baby... there is no denying that, he's Dean's personal little mini me. The first few nights home he pretty much slept through the night... we'd feed him at 9:30, wake him up at 12:30 and then he would sleep till 5 and go back to sleep till about 10. We WERE in heaven!  The last few nights that hasn't been the case... it's either Dean or I that's up all night.  Last night was mine so it looks like Dean will be the one falling in his Thanksgiving dinner tom :)   Ummm, he's holding his head up pretty good, he's been doing that since he was born.  The minute he got here they were holdin...

Sorry I'm a little late on  posting about the arrival of our son...... here it goes.... Birth Announcements from WiddlyTinks.com November 18, 2008: This evening we went to eat with Brittany and Micheal at their house.  Brittany cooked us a wonderful dinner.... chicken n' dumplins, mac n' cheese, chicken n' rice and then some cherry cheese cake for dessert.  It def help loosen the stress of the following day and helped us concentrate on family and friends.  It was most def nice to let some else take care of dinner.  After eating we hung around and talked and just hung out watching some tv... and Brittany was nice enough to paint my nails so that they didn't look horrible in the pics the following day  :)  After hanging out we decided it was time to go home and finish some last minute things around the house before heading to bed. November 19, 2008:   We woke up bright and early at 3am to the sound of our alarm.... both oh so tired still from no sleep and decided to s...

Welcome to our new blog to welcome our little man into the world.  I have currently been blogging about my pregnancy on babybare.blogdrive.com but figured with a new chapter starting in our life that I would start a new blog too. I can't believe that we'll finally be meeting our bundle of joy in a matter of just a week! I'll be continueing to blog on my pregnancy blog until the arrival of our little man, so stay tuned!