Christmas Tree Tour

I know I'm late doing this but I ran across this idea over on haleykrausphotography and thought it would be fun to do. We actually didn't have many neat ornaments on it until after Christmas, before they were mostly just bulbs....which is why the tour is coming after Christmas. :)

I'll start with my favorite bulbs that are on it....the glitter ones!!

The next one is my favorite ornament on the tree...Lily's 1st Christmas ornament. I had been searching for Baby's 1st Christmas ornaments for a while when I came across this post from Jenni. She was getting her daughter this ornament so I checked it out on Etsy and immediately fell in love. It's original and she's the only person I know that has it. ;) She got the Farmhouse one but I liked the Reindeer Games better so I chose it instead. You can print whatever you want on all 6 sides!

These next ornaments are what my Mom got us. They're really cute and they light up different colors.

Here they are in blue but they also glow in red & green.

The next ones are what my Mom and Brandon's Mom got Lily. She's going to have tons of ornaments on our Christmas trees!

Another one I had gotten her at Kohls.

And a few from previous years.

Our own Four Christmases

We had our own edition of "Four Christmases" this weekend.

Friday we went to my parents for lunch and opened presents then that evening we ate supper at my grandparents house (my dad's parents) and opened gifts there. The little kids are the only ones that get presents, everyone else gets money.

Pictures from Christmas Eve

The boys playing Playstation

Lily & my cousin's son Wyatt - 5 weeks apart

Lily taking her nap on Christmas before leaving.

The snow had fallen pretty heavily that day/night so we decided to spend the night at my parent's so we didn't have to drive home. Christmas morning we all had breakfast then it was time for us to go to Brandon's Mom and Stepdad's house.

We ate dinner with his parents, brother and sister-in law and 2 nieces then opened presents.

Here's a few pictures I took there. Lily loves watching tv on daddy's lap.

We finally got home around 5:00 and while Lily slept we watched two of the movies I had received.

Yesterday we went to my grandparent's house (my mom's parents) to eat dinner & open presents then we went home and finally opened Lily's presents from Santa.

Santa was very good to Lily this year bringing her some clothes, 3 Lamaze toys, a tummy time mat, 2 flower headbands (which I just remembered I left in her stocking, oops), My Pal Violet, and a glow seahorse. Daddy was very nice to Mommy this year bringing me a thirty-one tote I mentioned wanting and a new DSLR!!



Our Christmas Card

I finally got around to picking up our Christmas cards at Wal-Mart Wednesday night. They've been done for about a week now, I just never had time to go get them. We never did get good family pictures taken for Christmas so I just decided to put some of the ones I had taken of Lily on it.

DIY Wreath

I have been reading alot of blogs lately and most of them are ladies who have DIY'd alot of their Christmas decor. I went to Salvation Army Wednesday and decided I wanted to hunt down some good stuff that I could "recreate." I ended up finding a wreath that had just a plain red ribbon on it for $1. I immediately snatched it up and took it home to see what I could make out of it.

I replaced the ribbon with one I had gotten at Dollar Tree and put some ornaments on it that I had gotten in a bag full of various colors, also from Salvation Army. My total cost for the wreath was $2.50. Here's the final result...not the best looking wreath but not too bad for my first time. :)

Lily's 1st Christmas

I ordered Lily's 1st Chrismas ornament last week so I'm hoping it will come sometime this week. I can't wait to add it to our tree. I got it on Etsy here.

I also got her this stocking at Kohls Friday for $5!

And this ornament for $3

Oh Christmas Tree!

We've been trying to get our Christmas tree up for 2 weeks now and we still don't have it finished. This year since our living room isn't done I decided just to put up the white tree rather than getting a real one. I haven't even had a chance to get all of my ornaments out so it's just a few personal ones on it and blue & silver balls. I don't even have lights on it yet. :( I'm so disappointed at my lack of enthusiasm for Christmas this year.

I also decorated Lily's tree Saturday. It turned out really cute!



Christmas Pictures

I took some Christmas pictures of Lily this weekend. I have to get some more in her dress soon because she started getting grouchy after I had only taken a few. Enjoy!!