twas the night before christmas...

twas the night before christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse...

(or a daddy)
(or a baby)
the stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that st. nicholas soon would be there…
this is k's first christmas and we (well really i) wanted to start some christmas traditions. so here's what we did:

• we baked cookies: chocolate chip and oatmeal chocolate chip--YUMMY...
• we got k some christmas pajamas: my sister and i always got christmas pj's growing up--they usually matched. they were the one "present" we were allowed to open on christmas eve. we wore the that night and had them on when we took photos opening our gifts on christmas morning...
• we read how the grinch stole christmas: it was k's beadtime story tonight...
• tomorrow morning we will read the nativity story from the bible...
  

we will probably add more (in the years to come) but that's how we spent out first christmas eve as a family of three. i loved it! dill and i both agree this is the best christmas ever because we have been blessed with the greatest gift...
-ty