Happy November!

[texaswildflower]

November is going to be the best month of 2012 for me. R turns one on thanksgiving and we are that much closer to the end of this deployment.

And to get the holiday spirit rolling...
What are you getting/hoping to get for Christmas?

[beachy]

Good morning. Yay for seeing an end in sight! November will hopefully be good for us too. I can't wait to get out of the first tri and finally announce on Facebook.

There really isn't anything I'm hoping to get for Christmas. I guess I'm wondering if I'll even get anything or if everyone in my family will just buy for the baby now. I know my parents talked about getting us a Waterpik so I'm sadly excited for that.

[Dory1988]

The light at the end of the tunnel is always a good thing.

I'm hoping for a new job for Christmas. I guess that doesn't really count but I don't really know what I would want. I'm terrible at making Christmas lists.

[JakJak]

I'm glad the deployment is almost over!

I just want a new camera, my old one is dying but I have a feeling we will be getting all baby stuff again this year.

[ilovecandy]

Woohoo I love November. Mostly cause my birthday is this month. Then we are traveling for Thanksgiving. Yum love Thanksgiving food. I am really not wanting anything for xmas and would be just fine not getting anything. However if asked i could use some workout clothes, or an amazon gift card i guess.

[pesci]

Glad the countdown is almost over for you.

I honestly don't want anything for Christmas. I am just happy H will be home this year for the holidays. He was deployed last year and next year he will be on a remote, so I'm definitely going to enjoy the time my little family has together.

[piper84]

Glad the deployment is almost over for you!

I don't really want anything for Christmas this year. I'm just going to be so happy to be with H and excited we can spend our baby's first Christmas together. I am dreading it a little bit as I know it will be bittersweet. We are leaving early the morning of the 26th to start our trek out to Texas. I know it's going to be very difficult for me to say goodbye to my family so I'm sure I'll have that in the back of my mind all during Christmas day.

[piper84]

Nov 1, 2012 11:22:40 GMT -5 pesci said:

Glad the countdown is almost over for you.

I honestly don't want anything for Christmas. I am just happy H will be home this year for the holidays. He was deployed last year and next year he will be on a remote, so I'm definitely going to enjoy the time my little family has together.

Pesci, I wish you the happiest Christmas with your family

[crimewatcher]

I am going to start backwards... H won the leave lottery for Christmas this year. WOO I guess that is what happens when you miss Halloween on for holidays last year.

Since we plan to go home for Christmas this year we are hosting our family here for thanksgiving. I have a couple friends that will be joining us since their husbands are not as lucky and gone this year. Plus a few that will be staying in town. I am already day dreaming about the awesome feast I'm preparing. Now whether my H will be there or not is still up in the air. lol

I'm really excited to have H home this year for Christmas - I'm a Christmas junkie and last year was really awkward for me. So my holiday is already complete. Perhaps getting pregnant? But who knows haha.

[pennylane]

This year has gone so fast!

I am having random friends/H's coworkers here for Thanksgiving, since our families are too far away and I like inviting people in the same boat. Also, H says Thanksgiving dinner is the best thing I cook. ;D

For Christmas, I just look forward to hopefully seeing all of our immediate family. If Santa will deliver me something, I'll take a drama free visit with the ILs (specifically with H's siblings).

[NomadicMama]

Yeah for November!! My DH comes home for R&R this month! We will be celebrating Christmas, Part I, this month!

There isn't anything that I need, but a new winter coat and a wristlet (to go with the D&B bag I got for my birthday) are on my wish list.

In a bigger sense, I'm hoping LO will warm up to DH when he's home. LO's been pretty bent about his Daddy being gone. I hope that our time as a family goes smoothly (enough) and, when the time comes, that LO is okay when his Daddy has to leave again. R&R can be such a double-edged sword.

But, I'm also enjoying November by having "escaped" for twenty-four hours--ALL BY MYSELF!!!!! I spent last night in a hotel all alone! No three year old's feet in my face or doggie paws in my back. I had a massage, a nap and a lovely dinner (with two glasses of wine) yesterday. I love those two, but the time away has been delightful!!!

Ahhhh, November, you and I can be friends!

[pesci]

Thanks, Piper.

Nov 2, 2012 5:09:55 GMT -5 NomadicMama said:

Yeah for November!! My DH comes home for R&R this month! We will be celebrating Christmas, Part I, this month!

There isn't anything that I need, but a new winter coat and a wristlet (to go with the D&B bag I got for my birthday) are on my wish list.

In a bigger sense, I'm hoping LO will warm up to DH when he's home. LO's been pretty bent about his Daddy being gone. I hope that our time as a family goes smoothly (enough) and, when the time comes, that LO is okay when his Daddy has to leave again. R&R can be such a double-edged sword.

But, I'm also enjoying November by having "escaped" for twenty-four hours--ALL BY MYSELF!!!!! I spent last night in a hotel all alone! No three year old's feet in my face or doggie paws in my back. I had a massage, a nap and a lovely dinner (with two glasses of wine) yesterday. I love those two, but the time away has been delightful!!!

Ahhhh, November, you and I can be friends!

Nice. Sounds like it will be a great month for you!

[mangomama]

Yay November! The holidays are seemingly bittersweet this year. We haven't made very many close friends to celebrate with, but hopefully we can do something memorable for Thanksgiving. My mom is flying in today, I haven't seen her since I had DD#2, almost 11 months ago!
Packers and movers come the last few days of this month and we vacate this place Dec 1 for our grand adventure in TX
Hopefully, we are at least somewhat settled by Christmas. I'm a Christmas junkie to the core so I NEED Christmas. I'm not sure what is on my list. I'm pretty spoiled already.