It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

Happy December!  Christmas is definitely my favorite holiday.  I am always thrilled to start decorating and listening to Christmas music.  JW is a stickler for waiting until after Thanksgiving for all things Christmas, and I agree.  But, I'm not a very patient person, and once I start seeing decorations go up in shopping centers and hearing Christmas music in stores, it gets hard for me to contain myself.  Much to Joey's chagrin, right before we left town for Thanksgiving, I started moving furniture in our living room to make room for our Christmas tree to go up as soon as we got back in town.  JW complained a little, but didn't let me struggle to slide furniture on my own for long.  He gave in, laughed at his crazy wife, and put his muscles to use.  I love that my husband thinks I'm cute and can laugh at me when I act a little crazy.

Friday, on our way from one family to another, we enjoyed Michael Buble's Christmas cd in the car and may have also enjoyed it a few times on the way back to Waco on Sunday.  Christmas music reminds me of and makes me miss my choir days.  After pulling into the garage at home, we unloaded the car and then Joey started bringing the Christmas decorations in.  I had our Christmas wreath on the front door before all of the boxes were in the house.

We did some revamping of our tree this year.  We have these fun and funky bright green and red stockings and some decorations that match them, and some that are more traditional.  Mixed together they all looked a bit mismatched.  So, after several consultations with mom over the phone and swapping pictures back and forth, we decided to focus on a more whimsical theme that goes with our stockings.  We'll save the traditional look for later in life. 

I found a great set of fun ornaments and bright green and red mesh fabric at Sam's, sparkly lime green and red poinsettias for half-off at Hobby Lobby, and some cute dog stockings at Marshalls that coordinate with the ones we have.  My back is sore and virtually every surface in our house is covered with glitter, but I am excited to have a pretty tree to look at now.  I still have a few projects left... we are lacking a tree skirt and one more stocking holder, and I plan to add trim to the new dog stockings, but here's a look at our holiday digs so far.

Let the countdown begin... 24 days 'til Christmas!