Deck The Halls

I guess the Yuletide spirit has hit our home, that or I really needed to organize our storage area and thought "hey, why not bring up the Christmas stuff while I am at it?" Despite the reasoning, the Christmas decorations are upstairs and are mostly up for the viewing.

I am exhausted, but the place looks pretty good, even though we don't have a tree yet. I am even feeling Christmasy (yes, I made up that word). Gracie is getting in to the spirit as well. She had a lot of fun "helping" mommy decorate and she even had a few ideas herself, which she demonstrated by moving pieces I had already arranged, to a different spot.

For those of you cursing me for my early decorating, don't worry I still have plenty of procrastinating left. I still haven't bought any gifts, I need to dig out Christmas cards, and I haven't even begun to bake, not to mention I haven't even made an appointment for Gracie's Christmas pictures! So, I still have plenty to do--but December is starting to feel a little merrier now that the manger set is out as well as the advent wreath. This year I added a few new ideas like making Gracie a wreath for her door out of last year's advent wreath (Colette gave us a beautiful ceramic one to use this year), putting lights in the fake Ficus tree, and adding a lot of ribbon.

This Christmas will prove to be the second hardest of all; last year being the worst. So, some decorations, holiday fun, friends and family will really help to make this season full of light instead of so many tears.

Want to see more? I clicked a few shots so you can get the feel of the newly decorated place. Click here.

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