cider and a card

Yesterday was rough.  Callan didn't nap very much or for very long, I got sick about mid-day (I don't need to share the details, but trust me, things weren't pretty), and Travis ended up having to work a last minute 12 hour shift - which made for a very long day.  So last night I unwound with a cup of hot apple cider.  It was a good way to end a not-so-good day. 

hot apple pie cider is delicious

On a different note, our birth announcements went out last Thursday, and to my knowledge, they have reached both the East coast and the West coast, so I'm ready to share it here on the blog.  Since we had to choose between a birth announcement and a Christmas card, we went with a birth announcement on the front with a Christmas wish on the back.  We love the way it turned out and can't wait to put our copy into Callan's baby book. 

"Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New year - from our family to yours"

I hope the next few days leading up to Christmas are both relaxing and productive for you!

outgoing mail

announcing the arrival of our announcements

I'm so excited!  The birth announcements/Christmas cards that I ordered on Sunday night showed up today!  12:25 pm, to be exact, via FedEx.  They are absolutely adorable.  I can't wait to get them out in the mail - I should have all of the envelopes ready to send out by tomorrow.

The dilemma this year was whether to send out a birth announcement OR a Christmas card.  We had to choose one or the other - it would be too expensive to order two different cards and then pay postage for each.  So we decided to make it primarily a birth announcement (you only get to send those out once!), with a little Christmas wish on the back of the card.  I hope you're not disappointed.  The announcement is just so cute you won't even miss the fact that it isn't "Christmas-y". 

I'll share the birth announcement with you here on the blog sometime next week.  I just want to give the announcements a head start so most of you get to see it in person before you see a digital image of it on here. :)

making the cut

Over the weekend, we finally got around to snapping a few pictures (ok, fine, over 300 pictures) in hopes of getting a handful of photos to choose from for Callan's birth announcement/this year's Christmas card.  I'm happy to say that out of the 300+ pictures, there were about a dozen, or so, that had Christmas card potential.  After narrowing down a final photo and sending our order off to tinyprints.com, we (I) now wait impatiently to receive them in the mail.  They should be here by the end of the week, and sent out to family and friends soon after that.  I can't wait to see how they turned out!

Callan had many faces during our little "photo shoot".  He screamed, he was sleepy, he was content, he was gassy...  Here are a few pictures that didn't make the cut; a few of my favorites.