Christmas Time in the Chancellor home!!

Christmas is one of my favorite times of year (and not because of the gifts). I love to decorate the house and all the family functions that we get to go to and see all our family (by blood and our friends that are our family). It is also a wonderful time to celebrate Jesus's birth! As if it was not for him there would be no Christmas at all!

We get started early around here, I refuse to put up any Christmas decor until AFTER Thanksgiving!! LOL So the Day after Christmas was spent putting up the Christmas lights, the tree, and all the other house decorations!! We are hosting my Dad and family Christmas at our house this year so we wanted to make sure that everything was just right!! David and I try to get a lil more decorations every year since I never put up decorations when I lived alone- so we pretty much had to start with scratch 3 years ago. We really enjoy going shopping for more Christmas decorations, LOL it is like we are 2 kids in a candy store!!

Below are some pictures of the outside and inside of our house this year!!!

The outside lights!!

David getting the tree up and "fluffed out" LOL

The finished tree!!

The mantel and fireplace!

the credenza

Our Kitchen table! (I love this!)

The cookie platter!!

our "Our First Christmas" ornament It is technically our 3rd, but our first as a married couple!

Last weekend we went to David's work party. David was adamant that I wear a dress (those who know me, know that I don't like dress's!!) But I put one on anyway....LOL Here are some pictures from the party- the other couple in the picture below is Todd and Bobbie, we just love them!!!

In other Chancellor news:
David has been in California last week and is there again this week....I know that I don't have a choice in him going or not, but so close to the holidays I would like him to be home :-( but I do have some great friends that have gone to dinner and lunch with me last week as well as this week to keep me company and get me out of the house! LOL

As for baby news....we are just waiting on my cycle so I can go in for another HSG test to check my tubes to make sure there is not a blockage from the tubal pregnancy.
I did find a picture of something I want to put in our babies nursery- I posted it on my Facebook page, and a friend of mine from high school (who by the way is WAY more crafty than I could ever imagine being) said that she would make one for me!!! How awesome is that?? Not only to have it to put in their room, but to have it be made by someone who has known their Mommy for over 10 years!!! I can't wait to see what she comes up with and see the final project!! Here is the picture of what I want the wording to be-

That is all for now!! Have to get back to cleaning my house for this weekend!!!