so, iiiiii cannot even describe how good it feels this year to not be in the process of getting settled in our house and zooming straight into the holidays like we were this time last year!!! every time i think about it i’m like ahhhh… relief! only because we had so. much. to do in this house as we moved in… more than we realized, you know? and it slammed us straight into the holidays. whew!
but here we are a year later!! christmas tree up!!! many gifts on order!! morale is almost as high as my coffee intake!! 😉
as we pulled out our decorations on the sunday morning after thanksgiving, maddalena especially had fun seeing each ornament that she had completely forgotten about at her sweet little age. rocco, of course, took a big long nap while we decorated, but has since been ooooh-ing and ahhh-ing and then sneaking ornaments of the tree here and there. 😉
and ps. i’m SO IN LOVE with our new tree. we had a good 8 christmas run with our old tree. he had pinecones and berries and we loved him hard! so hard that i’m still vacuuming up faux-needles of christmas past. but our new gal, she is pre-lit, fluffy, and convincing, and we love her!!!! she has a little more room to fill, too, so give us all the gold sparklies!
the ironic thing is that i’ve been waaaay past ready to have our house in holiday-perfection mode for so long since we were crazy crazy last christmas… but right after we got ms. tree all decorated, a whole new project made its way into the family room! oh well. so holiday-perfection mode will again be delayed this year. but that’s okay! that’s okay. 🙂
also! we hung these cute personalized stockings on our mantel, sent to us from the sweet people at garnet hill! [gah, i love them, always!!!] i have so much fun with christmas stockings as special, sentimental keepsakes, as well as a fun way to change things up year after year. i love hanging them in the kids’ rooms and on the mantel and we have some at the farm, too! but this is the first time we’ve had a set of full-family matching stockings and i think they’re just adorable!
and ps! if it’s cold where you are, and you have a hankering to show off your winter wear, garnet hill is donating $10 to st. jude’s research hospital for each photo tagged with #StJudeMerryMittens as part of the merry mittens campaign from now through december 24th! so, keep that in mind, if you want!!
fa-la-la!!!
[also, the babes’ hand-stamped 1st christmas ornaments are from hattierex on etsy!]
Oh love love love! The stockings are fantastic of course! Home projects are just never ending am I right?
you are so right!!! being a homeowner is never dull. but you guys are better at the DIY than we are. i am really working toward accepting the fact that i'm notttttt joanna gaines… and i'm not even bothering anymore with my real dream, nicole curtis. haha!
I just love decorating our tree every year! And can't wait to do it next year with our little girl eek!
yes oh you are going to have the best time with her next year!!!
omg I love your new tree! Which one is this one? We need a new tree bad so will be looking for next year! Yours is so lifelike, love love love!
it's from home depot!! it's an LED pre-lit… i think it's called home accents?
Your little girls hair is ah-mazing! 😉