It is Starting to Feel a lot Like Christmas

So, the best part about having your parents get remarried is that all of a sudden they have two of everything and need someone to give the extra stuff to... me! Which means that this year I have lots of beautiful Christmas tree decorations, which resulted in a tree that looks like this

Trust me... it looks better in real life

This Christmas tree is an improvement over our past three Christmas trees which have been decorated with our one box of thrift store tree bulbs, a garland I made out of leftover the material leftover from my bridesmaid's dresses, and a cardboard star covered in tin foil. Those trees always turned out pretty beautiful and I will always remember the one I stared at while in labor with Asher but it is kind of nice to have real decorations this year!

I also finished Rose's Christmas stocking and think it turned out pretty nice, if I do say so myself. I designed, cut out and appliqued all the details on it out of felt and embroidered her name on it.

Both her and Asher's stockings are done to look like the ones my mom made for me and each of my siblings. Our Christmas socks were one of our favorite Christmas decorations and I wanted my kids to have something to treasure.

I am pretty excited for Christmas. This is the first year that Asher will actually get excited about opening presents. Having kids at Christmas time really brings back the magic and excitement that seems to get lost as we get older.

How sweet it is to have two socks for Santa to fill this year!