Christmas and Baby

Its hard to believe that Christmas is just a few short days away.  It appears that we will have a White Christmas considering I cant see across the street right now!  With Maddie's fun age and more time to prepare, it has been so much fun preparing for the holidays this year.  We had approximately 8 days to move in, unpack, decorate, and celebrate last year. . . .this year is a totally different situation.  Pat and Maddie had the tree up BEFORE Christmas and our shopping and wrapping has been done for weeks.  It is a wonderful feeling!



We even added a second Christmas tree to the mix this year since we have the space to do so.  Mom and dad brought over Grandma T's tree for us to have in the basement.  When I went to dig out some ornaments, I came across a box of Hallmark Ornaments that Grandma got for me over the years and a note. . . .

It has also been a blessing getting the new baby's room ready.  Going through all of those items again is a lot of fun!  Maddie talks about her "baby sister" all the time and is getting rather excited now that she can see my belly move. 

 

 

This Christmas has been so much fun and it hasnt even started yet!  I love watching the excitement with Maddie because she is at such a fun age!  We start our celebrations this Saturday and are looking forward to it!!