Holiday Cheer

Happy holidays!

It's really starting to feel like Christmas around here:). Though I couldn't get a decent photo of our tree, here are a few photos of our home, dressed for the holidays. 

I don't go overboard with Christmas decorations, but having a few splashes of red and dashes of glitter here and there really makes me happy.

(plus, with the 24/7 Christmas music that started in late October, we really don't need to go too crazy with the decorations, do we? It already feels like we have elves in the house:))

I do want to add some greenery to the railing in our living room (above). I'll post some photos of the tree as soon as I can get some decent photos of it, as I have some very special ornaments that I'd like to share with you:).

And this is the best snapshot I was able to take of our 2011 Christmas card. This photo was taken while we were at Cape Cod in September. I liked it so much that I decided to use it as our holiday card:).  I also fell in love with the vintage-y floral card design that I found on Shutterfly.

This weekend we're going to a local tree lighting and doing some last-minute outdoor prep for the winter. It's finally starting to feel like winter around here.... we may have a white Christmas after all... :). You?

Enjoy the weekend:)

xox

Thankful

I'm thankful for so many things.

B had his one-year birthday on November 22nd. I cannot believe how quickly this past year has gone by. My baby turned into a little boy, with just the blink of an eye. We had a quiet celebration for him, in which we remembered every detail about the day he was born. We celebrated with pink champagne and toasted to the year, and all of the joy and love that this little being has brought to us. Cheers to another year, a lifetime of love.

B & grandma blowing out a birthday candle

Two days later, we had a full house of twenty-three for a Thanksgiving feast. In all of the craziness and chaos of the holidays, I feel so very grounded and fortunate to see familiar & loving faces and to be surrounded by people I love. 

One of our two Thanksgiving tables- a house full of love and good food:)

We went to Matt's high school reunion last weekend. It's so remarkable to me to see a side of him that I never knew. He's my husband, my best friend, yet I'm privileged to learn something new about him every now and then. 

We also got our Christmas tree last weekend, just in time to welcome December. I like to get my tree as early as I can and leave it up for as long as I can (without being too offensive;)). Our house smells of pine and the tree is adorned with twinkle lights and little ornaments, all of which have their own special associations. And by the way, B loves to look at the ornaments. His favorite two seem to be the wooden train (pronounced 'tuh') and the red bicycle. :)

We get our tree from a very sweet, family-owned & run, local tree farm. It's a five-minute drive from our home, the daughters bake chocolate chip cookies and offer us hot chocolate, the chickens taunt Luna from their coop, the mother dotes on Ben, and the whole family is just cute-to-boot. We plan to support them for years and years to come. 

Here's Matt cutting down the tree.... not sure what Ben is doing in the background:).

Happy December to you & yours. 

xox