Christmas will be here before we know it and it's pretty exciting stuff for Avery this year! She is totally into it all; the lights, tree, stockings, music, etc.
We spent Thanksgiving morning setting up our tree(s) and then decorated it tonight after dinner! It was so fun explaining some of the ornaments to Avery, she would hug or smooch some of the ones that were hers. We also had a little tree that has always sat in the bottom of the box and never been set up (my old tree from college). Avery spotted it and suggested it go in her room. And since we don't do anything with it anyway - and she had the room, we said sure! "This Christmas tree is for me and my babies mom" she tells me!
Avery with some of her new ornaments this year, Doc McStuffins from Grandma Becky, an owl from Great Grandma Pat, and a Gymnast from Mommy & Daddy!
We hung our stockings, decorated our tree, and put out all of our Christmas decorations! There is just something magical about the spirit of Christmas!
Our Elf on the Self came back this year, Avery was very VERY sad at first that she couldn't play with her. She spent a whole morning crying about not being able to hug or smooch our elf and not being able to play Memory with her was also a huge disappointment! I began thinking this whole Elf thing was more torture than it was fun... but after calling Shanon and asking her about their Elf she was sure that I wasn't lying to her and we really COULD NOT touch it (thank you Shanon). Avery thought and thought about what we should name our elf; last year she was just Elf because that's all Avery could say, but this year she was going to get her real name! Avery woke up after her nap and had the perfect name for our Elf - Chicken Pot Pie!
Yes, that's right, she wanted to name our Elf Chicken Pot Pie... We settled on the next best thing, Abbie. She got that idea from we Sesame Street books!
Welcome to the family Abbie!! :)
Brandon was determined to put lights on the house, as always, but this year it snowed so soon and the whole roof was icy. It didn't stop him, but I was a wreck just watching him slip and slide on the peeks of the roof! Its not as many as usual, but they look great!
I was on top of my game and had all of my Christmas cards ready before Thankagiving and as of tonight all have stamps and are ready to be in the mailbox! Here are the cards:
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