Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!!!!

it if was up to evan, our house would have been decorated for christmas weeks ago.  i managed to hold him off until after thanksgiving, but this weekend, we went christmas crazy!

watching daddy cut down the tree.  and, yes, that is gracie sporting one of e's old coats.  i realized today that we really don't have a winter appropriate coat for her...opps.

solid attempt at a group picture...this is typical.  somewhat posed and gracie running away

a decorated tree!  while bret and i strung the lights on the tree, evan and gracie sorted through and looked at every single ornament.  and, grace turned around right when we plugged everything in...loudest squeal  of delight ever followed my a dead sprint to the tree saying "OOOOOOHHHHHH".  evan and grace then hand selected each and every ornament that was placed on the tree.

wreaths on the windows!

and i finally have my christmas staircase!!!!!!!!!  i have been anxiously waiting to decorate this staircase for christmas, and my very nice husband allowed me to take a trip to purchase the garland and all the fun stuff to decorate it with.  i am obsessed.  it reminded me of all the years that i helped my mom decorate our christmas staircase.

absolutely obsessed with my christmas staircase.  i held myself back from putting the 10 other pictures i took of it.  

and, for the first time ever, we also have a fireplace to hang our stockings with care.  evan has pointed out 6,254 times that santa will be coming down the chimney and through these very glass doors.