Christmas

I guess my trend lately has been to do a once-a-month recap.  Basically, the holidays are busy for us (like everyone).  We had a fantastic December full of concerts, lights, baking, snow, traditions old and new, and all things Christmas-y.  It is so fun now that Miriam and Abbie remember what Christmas was like before and eagerly anticipate all of the things we do to celebrate.  Some of our favorite traditions are decorating the tree together, baking cookies, driving to see Christmas lights, watching Christmas movies, baking a Happy Birthday Jesus cake and opening one present on Christmas Eve.  We always celebrate Christmas with our families after the actual day because Matt works up until Christmas Day.  We have come to enjoy that because we get to celebrate as "just us" before the busier celebrations with our family (even though we always love those, too!).  So, here's a snapshot of our December...mostly around Christmas.