holiday crasher

i know it's july and it's early to start thinking about the holidays but i can't help it.  first, i blame pinterest for my eagerness for hot chocolate and all things pumpkin and cozy.  second,  i'm working on bracing myself for our first christmas at home as a little family.  we won't be traveling for the holidays this year.  in our five years of marriage we've been lucky enough to spend christmas and new years with either my family or honey's family and it's been awesome.  this year, we're going to be celebrating alone as a little family.  so i've been mentally bracing myself for that.  i'm going to have to make a bigger effort to always have christmas music on, make holiday treats, and actually go all out decorating our house with holiday stuff.  you see, it's going to be an important time for us because we're expecting a special holiday crasher.  a new family member is going to visit us.  actually, it's going to be a little baby.  and if it doesn't cry too much... we'll keep it for good.

my belly is round and my heart is full.  little baby hillier, i'm giddy with excitement for you to join our family.