Deck The Halls

The tree is up! But sadly the house is not lit. L Unfortunately with the weather Clint has not been able to put the lights up on the house, I’m hoping soon. Especially since someone (I won't name names, eh-hem Clint) just had to buy two more boxes of lights. I'm gonna be a little ticked if we don't get to use them. I am happy to say we have had no major incidents with Max and the tree yet (knock on wood) although he does like to lay in front of it almost like he’s guarding it. From what I don’t know but for some reason he feels the need to protect it. I guess that is better than attacking the tree like last year.

Ta-da! Clint calls this our "Charlie Brown Tree" because he thinks it looks homely and sad, some nonesense about the branches not being full enough. But I don't care, I love it.

I couldn’t get a picture of him guarding the tree, but I did take this one the other night. Someone thinks he’s a person, that could be my doing.

We’ve got our stockings up, now all we need to do is find out what we are having so I can buy a stocking for baby Hester. I realize that the baby technically can’t receive any gifts from within my belly so a stocking really doesn’t make much sense right now, but I don't care I'm prego I don't have to make sense. It’s still fun to pretend none the less.

Have I mentioned before that this is my most favorite holiday in the whole wide world? Well it is. There’s just something about the cold weather, the twinkling lights, the general spirit of Christmas that puts it all in perspective. I’ve already got most of my shopping done online. I don’t know what I would do without the Internet. I’m a bit of a homebody at times and don’t really want to go anywhere once I get home. I think that’s my “Cancer” nature coming out. I tend to keep to myself when meeting new people (at least in the beginning), I'm an observer by nature, and I like to hunker down in my “shell” and settle in. But I can be drawn out from time to time. On the up side, I’m intensely loyal, compassionate, and warm hearted, so it makes dealing with the “shell” a little more bearable. Plus the work weeks are usually so busy when I’m home I just want to stay there. So I resort to online shopping.

I’m trying to figure out a way to rein Clint in. He’s under the impression that since this is our last Christmas of it just being the two of us we need to go all out. That seems to be a common theme for us and  the holidays it looks like. And although that would be fun to get each other everything we’ve ever wanted it’s just not practical. I don’t think he realizes how much it’s going to cost to have this baby and how much we’ll need saved while I’m home on maternity leave. So I’m trying to break the news to him gently but he never listens to me. And who am I kidding I normally go over my budget too. Tis the season!

On a side note, I'm pleased to say I'm finally doing christmas cards this year. It only took me 4 years but it's happening. And I don't want to spoil anything, but baby Hester may be making his/her debut! You'll just have to wait and see. (I'll post a picture later on)