Christmas 2010

We're pretty busy here getting ready to go to New York, but I wanted to post a quick Christmas entry.

Joe and I woke up early (6 am!) on Christmas morning. We let the kids have their stockings and opened our stockings from each other. Then we opened presents. Joe got me "footy" pajamas, a diamondy Christmas tree necklace and a stuffed cow. I got him a Build a Bear baseball, a Mets tie, and an MP3 player.

After, we headed over to my mom's house. David, Ethan, Jessica, and James were all there too. We always do stockings first and they are always loaded! Presents were wonderful too. I got the TOMS shoes I wanted, a pair of tanzanite earrings (total surprise) some great books, and more! Joe got the car bra he wanted, along with a video game, a gift certificate for some boots, and a sweater.

We went to Ethan and Jessica's house for brunch so the baby could nap and spent the afternoon relaxing by my mom's tree.

We didn't see Joe's family, they are all in New York right now, but we are going to celebrate with them soon!

Here are some Christmas day pictures!






Stockings at my mom's house




Me with baby James


Modeling my new pajamas


Some of my presents


Joe with some of his presents


Christmas dinner


Bo was, of course, invited to Grandma and Grandpa's house for Christmas. He thought this blanket was a present for him!

Christmas Eve

It is Christmas Eve and we are 100% ready for Christmas. We finished up everything yesterday so we wouldn't have to leave the house today. I spent the afternoon in my pajamas, watching Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Joe played a computer game that he got for his birthday. Now, he is making a fancy 4 course dinner. We are going to open a bottle of wine, light a fire, and watch It's a Wonderful Life. It's going to be a very nice evening.






All ready for tomorrow!


Presents :)

Christmas Tree!

My very favorite part of preparing for Christmas is buying the Christmas tree. On Saturday night, after my mom's wonderful St. Nicholas Tea, Joe and I went to our favorite Christmas tree lot. I love wandering through the trees. They smell so good and it's like being in a forest, only you get to take a tree home with you! We spent a good 20 minutes looking at each tree and picking a few favorites. It was hard to choose, they had so many pretty trees.

There was one tree tucked away in a dark corner that we felt drawn to so Joe picked it up and brought it out to where we could see it better. We narrowed it down to that tree and one other and we both decided on the tree that we had gotten out. It is a Noble Fir and it smells so good!

We were going to wait and decorate it on Sunday, but right when we got home, Joe put the lights on and then we had to put the ornaments on. We put Christmas music on the radio, lit a fire, and had some wine. It was so nice and we have a beautiful Christmas tree!


Poor tree








This is June's first Christmas tree and she loves it! She hasn't climbed it, but she loves to play under it.


Merry Christmas!