Jeremy's Christmas Present

Jeremy's Gift

Happy New Years, Everyone! I've had a busy couple weeks since I wrote last. Although my last day of work was the 14th, I spent the week before Christmas "elfing" lots of Christmas presents, which I'll be revealing in the next few posts.

I want to start off with Jeremy's Christmas presents. I decided to do a little extra for him this year. Instead of a present or two on Christmas, I did the "Twelve Days of Christmas" for him. It went over big! (It would have gone over bigger, but I forgot the last four gifts in Chicago, so he didn't get the until New Year's Day.)

With the photos of his gifts, I'm also sharing 12 of my favorite memories from the holiday season. Enjoy!

~one~

The first gift was a gift card for coffee from a new coffee shop in our neighborhood, Gaslight.

The first memory is from my first weekend off. Jeremy and I went to a pie shop in our neighborhood, Bang Bang Pie. We've been hearing great things about it, so we went for a breakfast of coffee, bacon, and 3 Christmas flavored pies (think chocolate peppermint, pear minced, and gingerbread). They were so good and it felt great to sit back and relax into the holiday spirit.

~two~

The second gift was one of Jeremy's favorite chocolate treats.

The second memory was a snowy walk with my mom and Mosby. One of my favorite activities up north,  in any season, is hiking. The snow is such a beautiful addition to the hike.

~three~

Jeremy's third gift was nerd ropes. Like me, my husband loves children's candy.

The third memory is Mosby and Sofia interacting. Both are fascinated with each other. This picture is just one of the countless moments Sofia spent studying the furry creature.

~four~

Jeremy's fourth gift was a cap he has been wanting for awhile. One of his buddies teamed up with friends to create Grassroots. Jeremy loves their hats, we both love supporting friend's businesses, and he had yet to by himself one. He was thrilled and wore the hat through most of Christmas.

 The fourth memory was watching Sofia on her 1st Christmas morning. She was fascinated by the wrapping paper and even helped pull some off. It's fun to think about her during all of the Christmas seasons to come.

~fifth~

Jeremy was instructed not to open the fifth present until he got to work one morning. He opened up his gift to see a mug with our little guy on it. I used one of our favorite photos of Mosby, hiking up north, to bring a little cheer to Jeremy's cubicle.

 

 And speaking of hiking, after opening gifts with my side on Christmas Eve morning, Jeremy and I took Mosby for a little hike. Although we love being around our families for Christmas, it was nice to take a little walk, with just our little family. It may become a Christmas tradition.

~six~

Jeremy also had to wait to open his sixth gift until he got to work. Jeremy had no pictures of us at work, so I gave him one of my favorite photos of us, taken at our rehearsal dinner by my best friend Maggie. I put it in one of the coolest frames I own, given to me by my Aunt Mary Ellen a couple years ago for Christmas.

 

 My sixth memory is especially special to me. My Gram on Christmas Eve. She LOVES her first great grandbaby and she thinks her grandkids are pretty great too. We had a really fun night together.

~seven~

Jeremy's seventh gift was a six pack of beer, dressed as reindeer.

My seventh memory is hanging out with Jeremy's side all day Christmas Day. We had so much fun opening gifts, eating lots of good food, and playing Erica's new dancing games on Wii. Jeremy's sister Liz is the undisputed Wii dancing champion. She has some mad skills.

~eight~

 Jeremy's eighth gift was for him and his coworkers. I baked some candy cane chocolate chip cookies and chocolate covered candy canes for him and his crew. The candy cane turned out especially well. I got the recipe from Pinterest.

The day after Christmas, we went ice skating. This proved to be a bit of a hard work out than expected and the kids may have spent more time on the ice than their feet. Sans a few adult falls, fun was had by all.

 *a bonus memory that didn't get puotographed. My dad and I saw The Hobbit together. It's been a tradition for us to see all of the Tolkien books turned movies together since the first Lord of the Ring movie. It was nice to spend one on one time with him.

~nine~

 Jeremy's ninth gift was a Christmas ornament. This is our 5th Christmas together, and we add a new ornament every year. Since this was also the year we were married, I used an extra wedding invite to make the ornament. More on how I did it in a later post.

The day after Christmas, we also had an outdoor fire with popcorn popping and did some sledding. I sent Mosby down the hill with Ava a couple times. Turns out dogs don't like sledding and he spent the rest of the night trying to get back inside.

~ten~

Jeremy's tenth gift was tricky to pull off. I had started knitting a hat for Jeremy, but stopped because I had gotten too busy. Or so he thought. I was actually knitting whenever I had a chance. On the bus, on the train, befor he woke up. Coupled with two restarts because of size issues, I was quite pleased to have it done.

The tenth memory is going geocaching with Jeremy's parents while four wheeling and/or hiking. For those of you that don't know, geocaching is kind of like a treasure hunt. People hide boxes full of little prizes and upload the coordinates to a website. You use a GPS to find the prizes and sign in that you have found the prize. It was Jeremy and my first time and we had a blast tracking through the woods.

~eleven~

Jeremy's eleventh gift was a new pair of fleece pants. He wore his old ones for two years straight. They've held up, but lost their fluff. It was time for a new pair.

We spent New Year's Eve with our friend, Lindsay and Mosby's buddy Frank. We had a fun, relaxing time. Mosby and Frank did not.  Party apparel and noise makers do not make for happy, relaxed dogs.

~twelve~

Jeremy's final gift was a book/CD that I heard about on NPR. Famous chefs gave a music producer their favorite recipes and types of music. He created the recipe project, and the recipes are sung. It's ridiculous and funny. But, some of the recipes look awesome.

My final memory is my Christmas present from Jeremy. He got me two tickets to Potted potter. It's a two man parody of all seven Harry Potter books, which I love. It was a great show and we had a lovely date night.

I'll be back soon with some more Christmas projects. Right now I'm in Pennsylvania snuggling with one of my oldest and best friends children. More on that later too.

Until next time, keep crafting.

SB