We had a lovely 4-day weekend doing (mostly) fun stuff.
Went to a local hot spring.
We cut down a Christmas tree in the forest.
Had a low-key Thanksgiving dinner, just the 3 of us.
Juniper said she wanted to stay in the hot spring "forever" ๐
Watched Santa fly into town on a helicopter!
Saw Moana 2 in the theater.
I went to prenatal yoga class.
Ran a BUNCH of errands and bought a lot more this Black Friday than we typically do (oops).
It was so much fun and also really relaxing, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't starting the week kind of stressed...
I love our tradition of cutting down our own Christmas tree in the forest!
We have a whole lot of work to get done before the holidays (can you relate?!) and โ even more of a deadline โ before we have a newborn joining us in less than 2 months ๐ณ
Are you feeling the holiday stress too? I am really trying to remind myself that being present in this season is so much more important than my to do list. I'm not great at listening to my own advice it seems, because I have to remind myself of this daily.
Even though I'm a bit overwhelmed at the moment, I'm so excited because in just 2 days, we're headed on a little getaway to celebrate Juniper's 3rd birthday!
We'll be staying in cozy cabins and we have a few fun surprises for the birthday girl! (We'll share more in our next newsletter!)
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