The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
with hopes that St. Nicolas would soon be there.
It's Christmas time! What a wonderful time of year. This year Josh insisted that we get a real tree, so we loaded up the car and picked out the perfect one on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It was quite a challenge to stuff it in the car and drive home with the back open, but luckily we didn't have far to go. Then while I was pretty tired and worn out, Josh pulled out all of the decorations and did such a great job putting them up around the house. We decided this year not only to have 1 tree, but why not have 3?
The real tree is next to our staircase and has all of our sentimental ornaments in which Josh and I collected while growing up.
We decided that Caroline needed a tree just her size! I had quite a few ornaments left over from Pier 1 Kids that were all bright pink, turquoise and lime green. Perfect for her room! She loves seeing the lights at night!
The third tree was somewhat of an afterthought, but I decided that we had an extra fake tree in the attic, so why not put it up! We have this one set up in our room and decorated with "pretty" ornaments.
We have already gotten all of our red out and Caroline has been sporting Christmas outfits for the last week! What a wonderful time of year!
We survived the snow, made it back to Texas and have now taken down all Christmas decorations, however we had such a wonderful holiday! Caroline did so well for her first Christmas season and had so much fun visiting with family. We have been so busy lately that so much has gone on without writing. The first thing we did was celebrate Josh turning 30!! Yep, he is now officially out of his 20's! Caroline and I picked him up from work on Friday the 18th and had a little scavenger hunt planned. We went and looked at Christmas lights in Highland Park, had him open his presents and then wound up at Blue Fish (our favorite restaurant) where he thought we were having dinner. Caroline did her part on getting a little fussy (all planned of course!) and it caused us to take some time to change and feed her. We then got to the restaurant and I told him that I had already picked up the food and it was waiting at home. We arrived at our house a little later and all of our friends were waiting to SURPRISE him! They did such a great job keeping it a secret! We spent the night reminiscing about Josh's younger years and all celebrating Josh! And of course... we had Blue Fish! I forgot my camera and then couldn't find it for most of the night, but we did manage to get a couple good shots of the night!
