2012

january.

february. 

march.



april.

may.

june.

july.

august.

september.

october.

november.

december.

                                

I'm not going to lie, that last photo is easily turning into one of my most favorite things. The smirk on Thomas' face and me trying to talk to our dog like she actually comprehends complete sentences. The whole thing cracks me up!

It's weird when a year comes to an end. We all have these moments of refections and seeing where we can improve in our lives ahead. I have some new years resolutions in store for myself, (what bride doesn't try to shape up before the big day?) but I also have a completely different look out on my life to come. Thomas has a played a key role into that, this time last year we were just dating, both of us with our own dreams and futures and this year, we now get to tackle the future together. We both see each others goals and dreams and we're both on board to make sure we get there. I love that. There's something so comforting in the fact that I have him on my side for years to come. 

2012 was a great year and I can believe we're about to embark onto 2013. 

I'll start this year as a Belleville and end it as a Harris. 

How crazy and exciting is that? :)

See you next year! 

goodbye december.

I hate to see December leave, It always ends so abruptly and turns into the past in only a few short days. My fantastic holiday has quickly come to an end.
Luckily for me I do get to relive it all right here on my blog. I had some technical issues with this bad boy so my apologies (more like, sorry mom and dad) if your inbox was just exploded with email updates.

I love my Christmas tree. And I'll love it even more when I get to unpack it in 11 months.

christmas

It's a good thing I love this holiday. Love it so much Thomas and I got to celebrate it twice!
This was the first year for me that I didn't wake up in my parents house on Christmas morning, and I'm not going to lie, around November I was feeling a little worried about it.



Since my family had a huge gathering for Thanksgiving, we completely didn't see Thomas' family at all for the turkey feast. So we knew going into this that we were going to celebrate Christmas with Thomas' family and Thanksgiving with mine. Cullen scared us all and it was looking like his new job was going to have him work a 1/2 day on Christmas Eve, so the new plan was to celebrate Christmas with my side of the family the weekend prior to Christmas.



Now that it's all over and done with, I have to say, Thomas and I got this year right. I know every year won't go down this smoothly but at least we can say we got the first one right.

It worked out so well. I truly felt like I had two Christmas mornings.



Thomas and I are exhausted from all the driving, but I'm so glad we took this entire week off to recharge and get things back in order before the new year. 2013!! It's going to be a busy one!! :)

sparkle ornaments are the best.

I might be a little bias, and perhaps I love glitter entirely too much when this month rolls around, but I'm a sucker for glittered ornaments. So when Thomas suggested that we buy an ornament each year together, I had a hard time toning down my inner glitter needs.

Goodnews for us, we found a winner. And I love him dearly. Thomas too.. I might add.