Christmas Tree Hunt

Okay so just started this blog thing and totally been a slacker....So let me catch up a tad...

So about 2 weeks ago we took a long weekend trip down to Puerto Vallarta with another really good couple friend of ours Chuck and Jenny, who happen to be prego too, and it was absolutely wonderful....The girls drank lots of fun fruity virgin drinks and well the boys drank the real thing... We layed on the beach and read, swam, played tennis, worked out, played a little ping pong and just all around relaxed. It was an all-inclusive resort so with me doing the eating and my wonderful hubby doing the drinking I think they may have lost money on us.... It was definitely hard to come back to the daily grind...

Now fast forward to this weekend and today....I really am not a huge decorator for holidays not sure why but just never been into it....I do love Christmas etc...Just never felt the need to decorate a ton. So for all the years of Dan and I's relationship we have had a tiny (seriously maybe 2 feet) Christmas tree that I would put all our old handmade ornaments my mom had saved for us on it with way too many lights and really well we were very happy...Well late last week something changed and I have to have a huge tree....I am nesting according to the books. so I am going with it.....Our original plan was to wait until after Christmas day and go buy a tree for cheap...Well my nesting instinct kicked in even stronger and I started my search...I found some trees at Target and dragged Dan there to let him pick one out...I didn't care so much what kind etc just wanted big...So he picked one out (that he approved of) and after 3 failed attempts at Targets all over the metroplex we gave up Sunday night...That is until today I started the search again I was in Fort Worth over lunch and stopped by yet another Target and found the tree...They had it in stock (2 left)...Awesome...I hit the call button a super nice fun sales associate came over asked what I needed my exact words were "I need this tree...NOW" She laughed asked how far along I was etc and helped me get the tree in a cart and took me to the front check out area....She even went so far as to help me out to the car...This is where the problem begins...we put down the back seat of my car and get the box almost in..It has about a foot and a half left...I am so determined I start smashing the box...I get another half foot into the trunk but no dice on the last foot...ughhh The girl was super friendly we proceeded to get it out of the car and go back in to the store and they will hold it for me until after work when my awesome husband can come meet me to shove it back in the car and tie my trunk down....As I am pulling out of the parking lot my nice sweet Target girl comes running after me and says they can't hold it since it is on sale...WHAT!!! I am flabbergasted..... I calmly return my car to a parking spot (a lot further away then my first one) and go back in and return the tree that seriously is mocking me...As I return the tree a different sales associate asks me so sweetly was there any problem with the tree? I said yes it won't fit in my car and you don't hold sales merchandise..... At this point she is sympathetic to my cause and prints out all the locations nearest to my house with trees...

At this point I am hitting psychotic prego women mode....I call my very busy husband at work to go through the dilemma...Bless him....He is really trying but more just laughing at this point.... So current status I called my amazing in laws who happened to be on their way to our house to visit our puppy Chewy who is currently their grand puppy and so spoiled and have passed the hunt on for a Christmas tree to them...(they have a mini van and endless patience that i don't have right now) I didn't even say hi to my father in law when I called I basically started the sentence with "I am nesting and I need a Christmas tree can you please help me!!!"

So I am currently waiting by the phone to hear if the tree search was a success...I will keep you all posted but darn it I will have a tree this Christmas for our unborn baby.......