It's Beginning to Look A lot Like Christmas!

Well, it is official...the Eddins household is all decorated for Christmas! Mike put the lights up a few weeks ago and we put up the tree and all of the indoor decorations this week. It is amazing, we had to do it bit by bit...having a little one sure does change things (all for the better of course)!


Lila is simply fascinated by all the lights on the tree! And really enjoys looking out the window at all of the houses on the block with their pretty lights up! We have been listening to a lot of Christmas music to help us get in the spirit as well. Nothing says Christmas like real, live reindeer though!


This weekend was the TrueNorth family Christmas party. Saturday brought a visit by Vixen, the reindeer, an elf and none other than Santa and Mrs. Claus! It was truly magical! Call me a big kid, but there is something about Santa and the reindeer that takes me right back to adolesence and the overwhelming anticipation of the Christmas season! Lila sat right in Santa's lap and smiled big and wide at the camera, stay tuned for those photos! We were relieved that she didn't freak out as so many little ones do. She is such a cheeser!

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Lila taking a break in Mommy's office!

We have been a very busy family, trying to wrap up the year at both of our jobs, do all of our Christmas shopping and maintain our sanity! Having a little one adds a little more work, but she truly makes it all worth balancing. We have SO much fun with her! She is growing like a weed and wanting to get her paws on everything in sight, including food! We have started to let her have some of her baby food on her tray before her baths. MESSY is an understatment, but she loves it!

As you can all see she has quite the mane of hair on her head. I am not the Mom that rushes to put bows and barettes in it because I feel like there will be plenty of time for that in the future. Right before bath the other day we were messing around with her hair and both in awe at how long it has gotten, so I decided to throw a barette in it just to see what she looks like. I have to admit, it kind of freaks me out because she looks so old!

I mentioned above that we are really busy right now, but life as we know it is only going to get more and more hectic as we approach the holiday and the new year. I said to Mike the other day, "I can vividly remember this time last year and wanting 2009 to be here so badly so we were that much closer to having our baby." I sit here now and wonder, "where has the time gone?!"