Well it took about a week and a lot of help, but I think we finally just about finished decorating the house for Christmas. Eric and I both grew up with real trees and tons of fond memories of actually hunting for and cutting them down, but for the first time ever, because of Asher's arrival over Thanksgiving, we considered just putting up Eric's little artificial tree this year. However, this is also the very first time we are hosting a family Christmas at our house (Eric's parents are coming here so we don't have to make the 10 hour drive to Rapid City with a one month old) and well, I just couldn't do the fake tree. So... after feeding Asher, my mom was kind enough to babysit for an hour, while Eric and I trekked down to Menards and bought a real tree. We stood in the parking lot laughing at ourselves (I was quite tickled) and praying we wouldn't see anyone we knew, as in good comedy movie fashion, we hoisted our 7 foot tree up on top of our Honda civic and repeatedly threw a ball of twine at each other over and through the car. To my surprise, it made it home without shifting an inch... guess I should have had more faith in my husband, the engineer.
We strung the lights and hung the ornaments (Asher already has three of his own!), and it turned out pretty well, I think! Asher really enjoys looking at the lights and Eric and I are enjoying celebrating our first Christmas season with him! Here are a few pics of decorating the tree and Asher's two week old picture from today. I'm stealing an idea from a friend of mine, and we'll do our best to post a weekly picture of him! (Thanks, Bethany and her awesome blog at http://www.sawdustandembryos.com/!) Anyway, enjoy your own preparations for the Christmas season in both your home and your heart!
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good for you for getting a real tree! even if you didn't cut it down yourself. :) i can't talk nick out of artificial. he has no fond christmas memories, so it's a traditional holiday conflict every year.
also! yay for weekly pics! it's a big commitment to remember to do it each week, but you'll be so glad you did! they change so much in these early months, and it'll be so fun to look back through his pictures! he's such a cutie. :)
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