Celebrating Christmas - for as long as possible!

Well, there you have it. The month of December came, saw, and went without even a passing mention of Christmas here on the family blog. Well, we were busy. Mostly keeping Josiah from undecorating the Christmas tree. Or standing on the Christmas presents for a better view. Or helping Michaela frost and sprinkle 20 Christmas cookies. Yes, 20. She's prolific.

So in my typical fashion, I'm putting off taking down the decorations that we so excitedly put up a month ago, and instead I'll share some photos of our family during December.

Josiah had just fallen asleep in the car and was soooo tired.

Our Christmas tree hunt this year was pretty fun. A client of Adam's invited us (and many others) out to his piece of property which used to be a Christmas tree farm, but is rapidly turning into a forest of ex-Christmas trees. Thanks to his generosity, we searched out one of the few trees under 15 feet tall, and brought it home for free. It had a bit of Charlie Brown tree flair, but that's how I love my trees.

This is it! Smile while we wait for the guy with the chainsaw...

Eating a few treats to celebrate getting the great tree

Mid-decoration process

Christmas morning at our house:

I love this look: I am so excited about something - maybe socks? - and Josiah is sure I'm wacky

The stocking excitement

 Christmas Eve morning at Grammy & Papi's house (Adam's parents):

Anxiously waiting for cousins Greyson and Liam to arrive so the stockings can be opened
(hard to believe it was almost 8 am with how dark it was outside)

And then the grown-ups insisted on taking pictures before present-opening could begin

 ...Or maybe we were waiting for our mochas and eggnog lattes. Yum!

The three musketeers

Literally the best picture we have ever taken of all 4 together

Playing at the train table! Christmas present from Grammy and Papi

Christmas day was spent with my parents and my sister at our home. We didn't take a lot of pictures, probably because Adam's trigger finger was tired from the few days prior. I, however, was given a new camera by my handsome husband, so these are my practice shots.

Sporting a new shirt, and in the customary position of grabbing mom's leg

I think this face was in response to, "Be serious, Michaela"

It turns out the adults were right, having children reveals again the fun and mystery of Christmas.