It's the time...Christmas time is here!

Yesterday I took advantage of the snow and stayed home so that I could put up our Christmas Tree and other decorations. I got a late start to it, but by 3:30 or so the tree was done and I just had to put out my other stuff. Stella was playing on the floor or in her bouncer the whole time aside from a few breaks for feedings and for me to play with her and take a break. She was such a good girl. When I turned on the lights she just stared at them with a big smile on her face. Now that it's done I hold her up close to the tree so she can look at everything. She tries to reach for the ornaments, I'm sure thinking that they are all toys that she could put in her mouth.





There is nothing like the way the house feels after the Christmas decorations are up. It feels so much warmer to me. I can't wait until Stella is old enough to help me decorate and we can bake cookies together and dance to Christmas music in the living room like I did with my mom when I was a kid. To me those memories are what Christmas is all about and now I can create new ones with my daughter.

I have pictures of Stella with the Christmas Tree but haven't had a chance to upload them yet. They'll be added tonight hopefully.