Home Sweet Home

We arrived back in Kansas on January 4th after being away from our house for about 8 weeks. There was a solid 15 inches of snow on the ground but we found everything in order after our neighbor so kindly watched the house and watered our plants for us. Now that we are back, we have been working to get the house a little more set up, including fully converting our dining room into a music/studio room, painting the guest bedroom and bathroom and, of course, preparing our nursery. Also, we finally got our fireplace cleaned and ready for use and enjoyed our first fire this week. The fireplace used to have gas logs but, before we moved in, it seems that the logs were replaced with a gas burner bar that helps get the fire going. Simply turn on the gas, and fire up the logs, then turn off the gas. More pictures of the progress of the bedrooms to come...

Toasty Feet!
Burner Bar
New Lighting

Super Cozy

A Cristman Christmas in Richmond

Never did we ever think we'd get a white Christmas in Richmond, but we did! And it was beautiful! I have to admit that I'm not a huge fan of that cold, flaky, white stuff purely because it's cold and wet, but it was beautiful to watch from inside the Cristman house beside a roaring, warm fire :) Nina and I cuddled inside for the majority of our time home in Richmond, while Adam and Nixon spent much time outside either running around or building a funny snow-woman with Catherine (see photos below). Though the time went by way too fast, it was so wonderful to be back home. We miss you already family! Thanks for making our time home special.

Oh Baby! We are loved!

A few of our incredible family and friends threw us a very fun baby shower mid-December. I was blown away by all the creativity, not to mention the thought and detail that went into shower during a very busy holiday season! The party-throwers even made sure to include Adam in their funny games by stuffing a balloon under his shirt and making him bend down and tie his shoes :). Thanks to everyone who showered our little family! And thanks for the photos Erin!