2014 in Review

January
Stuff - Madi's 3rd birthday, Christmas work party, wedding change of plans, etc.

February 
I got my current job. Finally full-time, permanent job with the right hours for me and Chloe.
Chloe update 2.5 years

March
Fun things about Chloe
Mom flew away

April
Chloe talks a lot
Easter weekend with my best friends
Eric lost his job and turned 26 right after.

May
Things Chloe says
More Things Chloe says
Eric started a new pizza job.

June
Wedding planning status
Chloe, my shadow
Eric started a new job - working for the same awesome company as me! He got fired from the pizza spot the day after he gave his notice that he was quitting. I guess they were bitter.

July
Chloe is FINALLY starting to potty train
Paul Brandt & Bobby Wills Concert!

August
I worked two jobs ALL summer
Chloe's first time at an amusement park
A wedding weekend
Robin Williams died. For the first time, I was truly affected by the death of a celebrity.

September
Chloe's 3rd birthday (Blogged about it MUCH later)
Mostly wedding planning

October
I turned 27.
I got a wisdom tooth out. Worst experience of life.
Me and Chloe visited my grandfather and I got my haircut for the first time in years.

November
A general update - We sold our bead items at a craft fair.
Eric got yet another job - a call center to pick up some extra hours.
Brett Kissell & Braid Paisley concert!

December
Work's children's Christmas party
We also went to Eric's family Christmas party.
We celebrated Christmas at home, then visited Eric's stepfather, then had presents and lunch at his moms. We visited my sister in the evening after Madi went home, then lazed around home. He worked Christmas Eve and Boxing Day until 10pm :( I visited my grandfather and friend on Boxing day. It was good times. I haven't uploaded pictures so I haven't blogged at the time I'm writing this.

Christmas Party #1

This weekend was the kid's Christmas party that they throw for anyone in the company with children/siblings/grandkids etc. It's the first year we've gone and I can't say enough good things about it. 

Santa comes and brings presents for each child. There was balloon animals, face painting, bouncy houses, gingerbread men decorating and food. 

The kids absolutely loved it. 

Chloe got a pink balloon kitty, then painted her face as a pink butterfly. As she always says, pink is her favorite color. 

Madi got her face painted as a kitty and got a giraffe balloon animal. 

They got to meet Minnie, Mickey, Daisy Duck, and Super Mario. Madi was insanely excited about Minnie Mouse. She followed some of them around. Tried to dance with them. She dragged me over to see them too. It was adorable.

Overall, a ton of fun. 

I love Christmas! 

Chloe's Third Birthday

We had a party in a meeting room at the hotel Eric and I work(ed) at. 

This was back at the end of September, the Sunday before her birthday. 

My sister and cousin came, along with my cousin's son. 

Eric's two sisters came, along with his nephew. 

My friend Sarah came. 

Madi was there. 

Overall, I think Chloe had a blast. 

It was a Frozen-themed party. 

There was a big sparkly #3 that I made. Cupcakes with blue frosting. Frozen cookies. 

For her birthday she got:

- Baby Anna Doll

- Fairy dress-up outfit

- Coloring book and crayons

- Bubble Guppies floor puzzle

- Frozen movies

- A back pack

- Snow White Dwarf house

- And a pack of all the dwarfs! 

Plus some other odds an ends I'm probably forgetting. 

Lots of fun. I'm already looking forward to her next party. 

Things I've Done Lately

1. Almost 3 weeks ago, we went to a craft fair to sell our bead creations. We did better than expected, but not much to show for it. No new Christmas orders and no new Facebook likes. That was a little disappointing but at least we made enough money to re-stock some of our supplies and buy a couple of handmade Christmas presents while we were there. 

2. I had one of my wisdom teeth out back in October. It was some of the worst pain of my life. I thought it was never going to get better. Then finally one day, about a week and a half to two weeks later it finally did get better. I would wish that on my worst enemy. 

3. Chloe's been big on helping me cook. She has a Dora the Explorer apron that I got at the dollar store. She called it a 'nagonic' yesterday, which was basically hilarious. I bought her a new 'nagonic' for Christmas, since the Dora one is way too big at the neck. 

4. I almost finished Christmas shopping. Usually Christmas shopping is a bit stressful. This year, it's a million times as bad. It's all going on the credit card. I'm trying to sell possessions left and right (stuff we don't need/use) to put back on the credit card. The wedding might take a few cuts. I just don't know where we will come up with the money. 

5. Eric got a second job. 

An updated on Wedding Planning

I've been doing a lot of wedding planning this week. 

I think we officially decided to just do our ceremony indoors to save money and worry about the weather. 

We've discussed the guest list. 

After discussing the guest list, I finally ordered my invitations. 

I ordered the bridesmaids dresses. They were not cheap. We're paying the shipping, and the girls are paying us back for the dressing. Shipping alone was $70 so hopefully we love the dresses. 

I looked around town for shoes and couldn't find any. I looked online for shoes, found a pair I thought I was going to order, but it was suddenly 'not available' and they automatically took it out of my shopping cart as I was about to pay. That made the decision easier. 

Still so much to do, and feels like so little time.