I just love Christmas and though decorating is sometimes a pain, the end product is wonderful! Scott put up the outside decorations over Thanksgiving weekend, but we didn't get our inside decorations done until the week after. I love to keep them up as long as possible. We had to do a little re-decorating and moving some toys around but we did it. So now the tree is up and there are presents underneath. It looks so festive inside. The dogs have been fabulous again this year and haven't messed with the tree or presents once. I can't say the same for Keira as she continues to go to the presents and attempt to open them. We're working on that, but she is only 8 months after all. My favorite is when she sits in front of the tree, points at it and smiles, and then she turns and looks at me or Scott and smiles. She is loving the tree even though she doesn't really know what it's doing there.
Helping put up the tree
Climbing over displaced toys to make sure they're all there
Checking out what's in the Christmas tubs
Making sure this strand of lights work
Helping daddy put up the stockings
Our community put on a fun event for everyone and it included snow, bounce houses, Santa, and hot chocolate. Keira had fun looking at her first snow but didn't really care to hold it as it was quite chilly in her hands. She's still too little to go in the bounce house but that just moved up our time with Santa. YAY! She was totally fine with him, but we couldn't get her to crack a smile at all. She was too busy staring at him and gnawing on her finger to smile. She then opened her gift and proceeded to eat the paper as that was a lot more interesting than her new Fisher Price camera. We also had some hot chocolate and then Scott threw it away even though I was only halfway finished. It was sad, but I survived. Overall we had a great time!
So, Scott and I had the day off and we took a day trip to Sedona. The main reason was because I broke my most favorite coffee mug and needed a new one that they sell at an amazing breakfast place there. Off we went to the Coffee Pot to enjoy a fabulous breakfast and buy me a new coffee mug. While we were there we went and checked out the red rocks and took some photos. It's so beautiful there. We will definitely go back again when it's a little warmer for a nice hike. We will likely go in the Spring.
Climbing over displaced toys to make sure they're all there
Making sure this strand of lights work
