Mama C. showed up at our house on her birthday! We were so excited to be able to celebrate with her...
Emma helped me bake a pumpkin cheesecake and then she decorated the top with her beloved little deer.
It was a simple night, but a fun one too.
They ended the night watching, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer on tv. Oh my goodness does Emma love reindeer!
Little did I know that all along there was a surprise weekend planned for me. My sweet hubby booked a bed & breakfast for the weekend to celebrate both of our December birthdays. Let me start by saying that this was Rob's very first planned getaway. ever. (and we've been married over 8 years!) I always do the planning, so to be quite honest, I completely blown away, but so very excited too! The plan was to escape to the hill country, stay
here, and spend the weekend together, so that's what we did.
We made to drive, which I will have to say was so nice. It was q.u.i.e.t. in the car, which if you have little ones, you know is just plain marvelous. We checked into our
room, and headed back into town for some dinner.
We ended up at a cozy little steakhouse...
And enjoyed a glass of wine by the fire.
Rob picked a bottle from one of the local wineries in town...
one that we planned to tour the next day...
After dinner, we did some walking around the little town. It was almost like going back in time...
The Christmas decorations were so neat, although we do have a thing for German pyramids in our house. This was was GIANT!
The next morning, I thoroughly enjoyed my quiet cup of coffee with my sweet hubby and then we headed back into town, which was quite festive to say the lease. Fredericksburg definitely has the Christmas spirit thing down.
We did some stress-free shopping...
And we found so many classic toys, which I love. Why don't they make things like that anymore? We even picked the littles up a few Christmas surprises.
Lunch was a treat. I had wonderful company.
And it didn't involve stuffing my face just as fast as humanly possible.
Am I the only one with little ones that does that?
After lunch, we hit the vineyards and wineries...
The vines were already dormant for the season, but still beautiful.
It's hard to believe you are in Texas when you're here.
This was our first tour and tasting. My camera took a nap for the rest of the tastings :)
A local told us about the
best burger in Texas, so for dinner we just had to try it out. They were literally on the cover of Texas Monthly, so we figured it had to be good.
Okay, don't kid yourself, those weren't our burgers. They were HUGE...okay, maybe bigger than HUGE, so we split one and an order of fries/onion rings, and still needed to be rolled out of that little joint.
The weekend flew by, and before I knew it, it was Sunday morning and already time to check out. I felt like we had just arrived. But, it was time to go, so we headed home. I was so thankful for the time with my hubby, thankful for him thinking of me, and so thankful for my sweet mom for keeping our two little angels at home.
A sleeping baby is just pure delicious...
A few days later, it was Rob's real birthday, so we made him a cake to celebrate. You saw Carson sleeping in that photo? Well, that was his nap for the day. It lasted 15 minutes in the car. I didn't intend for him to fall asleep, but he did, so by the time it was time to cut the cake, our little guy was already in bed. So with just the three of us...
we lit candles...
sang...
and had cake.
Then we did a repeat for Miss Emma...
Happy Birthday to my super sweet hubby and my extra special Mom! We all love you both!
