I'm Back!

Ok so I know it has been awhile since the last post but we have been kind of busy. I love the holidays, the smell of Christmas trees, the extra decorations, Christmas dinnerware, the Christmas lights in peoples yards, the family gatherings just about everything. However I tend to get a little stressed :) So many gifts to buy and then wrap, picking out the perfect tree, decorating the tree, ordering Christmas cards, addressing Christmas cards and the list goes on.

Additionally the number of cars on the road seem to increase significantly, available parking at any retail location is scarce and people tend to lose all patients, including myself :) I will say I was in a complete tizzy this time last week but after this weekend I feel 1000X better. Our house is completely decorated, Christmas cards are sent, almost all of our presents are purchased and most are wrapped! Now I can begin to enjoy the season! Plus having a young child seems to make the holidays that much merrier. James still does not understand but he is loving Santas, snowmen, and Rudolph as long as they in books or pictures. We attempted seeing Santa this year and it wasn't as successful as last year. For the pic this year we all 3 sat in Santa's lap. The pic is quite comical, both James and Chad had lost all patients after waiting in line so you can only imagine. Here are a few pics below of our house and James with the tree

This is James' favorite ornament. It is a pic of Chad and I on our wedding day. Every day he goes straight to this ornament and pulls it off. Thankfully it is not breakable :)

And then he tries to put it back on...he has not mastered that one yet. The ornament usually ends up on the floor.

Kind of a random picture but this is James watching Curious George Christmas. I thought it was too cute that he was propped on the pillow laying down watching a movie.

Reading with Daddy...wanted to have his arm propped up just like him

Lately James has been obsessed with Mickey Mouse. Loves him. So this past weekend we were at Lowe's and James spotted this little friend and he never made it out of our shopping cart. We were suckered in. This Santa Mickey sings Deck the Halls and James sings along during the Fa la la la part and it was just too cute not to purchase. It may be the cheapest looking Mickey you have ever seen but watching him sing along was too cute to pass up.

Now that we finally have presents under the tree it is hard to explain to a 21 month old that you have to wait until Christmas to open them :) He has already attempted to open a few and I do not feel like rewrapping!

Merry Christmas!!