It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Well Christmas is over, for the most part. Pat and I have yet to exchange presents. He will be in Coshocton on Tuesday so we will get to do our gift exchange then. We have already exchanged one present, I gave him his ornament (fishing lures) and he gave me my "meaningful" present, as he put it. I was very impressed when I opened My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult and saw that is was autographed! Pat emailed her and asked her to sign a copy as well as put a personal message inside. I almost cried when I saw it because of the thought he put into the present!
Pat received his bow for Christmas! Thank goodness!! The poor boy begged for it for months and then eventually gave up on it. I wish I could have seen his face when he opened it because I am sure it was priceless. He is hoping to try it out while he is here this week. I figure by the time he is done hunting is about the time I will be waking up so it will work out. He also got a remote car starter, YAY!!! and a wine making kit. If you haven't been told by him already he would like to make a wine just for the two of us for the wedding and then make multiple bottles for anniversaries and other significant events in our lives. It is a pretty neat idea and it will be very unique since we will be the only ones with that wine.
I got a wide variety of presents, including vintage paper dolls of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez! A very unique present and one I really enjoyed. Anything to add to my Lucy collection, I love. I also added about 7 games to my game collection, a Sirius radio and teaching clothes. Those are just a couple of the things I got, I'm not going to list everything. I had more fun watching the two boys open their presents and their reactions. While Layton is still a little too small to open his presents, once we actually got them open he was so happy. Mom and Dad got him a riding Buck that he loves and Grandma and Grandpa Potts got him a life-size dog. While Paisley wasn't entirely sure about a new dog in our house, Layton loved it and is now at their house.
Layton turns 1 on Tuesday! It has been a pretty quick year and he has changed a lot! He is such a happy baby thank goodness! He is definetly not the same baby I babysat and would sleep most of the day. Now it seems like we have to say Layton, No, a lot more because he is so curious and wants to touch everything! That is how he will learn though.
I think that is all for now! I will post again after the gift exchange hopefully!

Another Goal Achieved

Well it was close but I did it! I read all of Jodi Picoult's books and Nicholas Sparks' books this semester. The only reason it was really close had to do with my obsession of reading the entire Twilight series. So in reality I just added to the challenge and read 3 authors works.

Another semester is over and we both made it out alive! Nothing really too eventful happened this semester which is good and bad. We are now getting ready for Christmas. Pat has had his shopping done for almost a month now, but I am just starting mine! Less then 2 weeks to go and I only have 2 people done. At least I do have some ideas now as to what I want to get some people. I always hate to get people what they ask for, as stupid as that may sound. I just think that is so easy and that gifts should take some thought. Also I like the surprise people get when they open something they never thought of!

New Year's is coming as well! We are hoping to do something exciting, but so far we have nothing planned. We would like to go on a mini trip but it's not looking good since we are just now planning it. I am sure we will figure something out.

Well only one more semester for me and 3 more for Pat. Kinda crazy if you ask me. I will be starting my student teaching in late February and there is no turning back after that. I am excited and apprehensive at the same time. I really just can't wait to have my own classroom so I can really do what I want. Hopefully I will be with a teacher this semester that I can really try a lot of different things with the kids. Who knows though. I hate to go into a classroom and change things, especially this late in the year, I don't want to step on any toes!

That is all the updates for now! Merry Christmas to everyone!!