Almost Christmas

It's Christmas Eve and Jeff is wrapping presents, so I am catching up on some blogging! We've had some nice days leading up to Christmas. We have kept things fairly low-key this year, what with the recent move, the upcoming baby, etc. Still, I think we have managed to prepare for a special holiday with our little girl..our last one with her as our only child.

We didn't get a tree...something I do regret a little, but it's ok. I still put up Lucy's own little tree and, like last year, got her some very special new ornaments. She now has a lot of ornaments, so next year she will have to have a much bigger tree! I'll bet that next year, instead of doing a picture-perfect silver and red themed tree as I have done in past years, I will make it a real family Christmas tree with the kids' ornaments on it. Heck, maybe I'll even live on the edge and get colored lights :)

Lucy's tree and her new Nativity set

Dorothy and Toto! I will try to get her an ornament to commemorate her Halloween costume every year (we have a lady bug ornament from last year).

I love this...bought it on our recent trip to Florida. I like to get her ornaments when we travel but couldn't find an Amelia Island one that I liked, so I got this instead to remember the trip. She also has new ornaments from London and Aruba that we got on our trips to those places this year.

Lucy and I headed down to Cape Cod on Friday morning to see my parents. In the evening, we went to the "Enchanted Village" to check out the lights. It wasn't exactly spectacular, but Lucy really liked it and that is what's important!

And she had fun helping decorate her Nonni's tree on Saturday!