We Have The Tree And Now To Trim It

This was Little Man's first year to actually put ornaments on the tree.

How do you think that went? The answer is FABULOUS...



for about 4 ornaments and then the thrill wore off. The ornaments are all hung very low and clumped together but we like it that way :)

O Tannenbaum

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night....could stop us from cutting down their Christmas tree. OK, so maybe it was just rain, but we still did it. The trip was quick and the decision on which tree did not take long.


Looking and looking for the perfect tree...not too big, not too small.

Headed in the right direction, here we come tree!

BEFORE

and AFTER!

My Heart Melted This Morning (despite the 14 degree temperature outside)

This morning I was sitting on Liam's bed, rubbing his back, waking him up as I usually do. He moved my shirt aside, lifted the shirt underneath, looked at my bare belly and said, "Hi baby". *sigh*

Polar Express (kinda)

What a fantastic, wonderful, perfect weekend!!!! Saturday night we met up with The Brislin's at a very kid friendly restaurant. Their daughter Ava goes to Patti's also so the kiddos get along like brother and sister. After dinner we bundled up and headed to Oaks Park for THE HOLIDAY EXPRESS!!!! The train was a Baldwin locomotive from the 1930's, decorated with lights and wreaths and was SO cool.

They pulled us aside when we boarded because they were bumping us to First Class, I am thinking of playing this pregnancy thing to the hilt ;)

Santa made an appearance early in the trip and fortunately Liam and Ava decided to go with the flow, they loved him, maybe the candy cane he gave each one of them had something to do with it? This encounter gave me hope for our Christmas photo op with Santa. After the trip we took some great photos of the train and decided to wait around for it take off on its next adventure.

Did I mention that it was a steam locomotive? Did I mention that we were standing next to it when it took off? Did I mention how loud that thing was? Once again, the kiddos were shocked at first and then decided that it was pretty fun to watch.

The house is in the early stages of looking like Christmas, the nursery is not set up, at all, in the least, we can't wait to see the Taylors for Christmas and Oh My Gosh ~ we're having a baby this month!!!!!!!