Christmas Photos & Pupdate Thinking Out Loud #124

Happy Thursday! Can you believe it's already the middle of November?! Where have the last two months gone? Life with two dogs has been VERY busy, but we are loving it. We have been spending more time at home with the pups which has been wonderful. The start of fall was so busy so we are soaking up every second of quiet we can before the holiday craziness begins. Anyway, let's jump into this weeks thinking out loud!

1. I wanted to have some photos taken for our Christmas card, so I enlisted the help of my coworkers wives. She does photography on the side, her prices are insanely reasonable, and her work is beautiful. We took some photos with our pups then she snagged some with just the two of us. OH MY GOODNESS! The photos came out so beautiful and not even five hours after we took photos she had them back to us- we got over 500 photos! I already ordered our Christmas cards and we have gotten a few photos printed and hung in our apartment because they're too beautiful not to share! If anyone is looking for a photographer in the NE/MO/IA area Designs by Samantha Jo did our photos and we will definitely be using her for future photos! I'll share our Christmas card photo closer to Christmas 🎅

2. Brent and I celebrated five months of marriage on November 8th. Most people wouldn't celebrate the little milestones, but we're not most people and it keeps things fun. We didn't do anything fancy and we actually celebrated with a chill night at home the day before because we were babysitting for a friend on the 8th. We try to be intentional about spending time with one another because it's very easy to get caught up in the hecticness of life and not spend quality time together. 

3. Christmas is my absolute FAVORITE time of year. It's such a happy and joyful season and every year I get way too excited about it. Growing up my family always got a real tree and put it up the first weekend in December. We can't have a real tree where we live now, so we have a mini fake tree and this past weekend we put it up. I realize it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but something about coming home to a Christmas tree and festive home is very relaxing. This will be Ginger and Zeke's first Christmas so we are pretty excited for that as well. 

4. We've officially had Zeke for over a month now. Some days it feels like a year other times it feels like we just brought him home. It's definitely been an adjustment for everyone. Seeing as he just turned five months old, we still have to take him out potty several times a night. Thankfully he has stopped screaming like a banshee at night (we were waiting for our neighbors to call the cops because it sounded like something was dying). He's had a tough month with kennel cough the first week and a half we brought him home and recently he contracted a parasite that had him super sick. Thankfully he's better now which we hope he stays that way because #vetbills. Ginger and Zeke are getting along better and arguing over toys and wrestling one another just like normal siblings.

   
5. The pups recently celebrated their first Halloween. I was a little too excited to dress them up. Ginger was a lion, we got the costume from Amazon and sadly it was delivered missing the tail, and Zeke was a monkey. Ginger had no problems in her costume but Zeke was not a fan. 

6. The sunrises and sunsets have been absolutely stunning recently. I never imagined liking living in Nebraska and while I hate the snow and cold, the other part of the year isn't terrible (except when it's an inferno in the summer 🔥) While I hate how early it gets dark now, the beautiful sunrises and sunsets make up for it. 


If you have any suggestions of places to check out for affordable Christmas decor please let me know- I've already hit up Home Goods and didn't find anything. I hope you have a great Thursday and a terrific weekend! 

When do you decorate for Christmas?

What is your favorite holiday tradition and why?