It's UP and it sure is Pretty...

To begin: Last night in a nutshell...if you don't mind...

• cook dinner - check
• have kitchen a mess with every utensil and pot and pan on floor for baby-check
• feed hubby and baby dinner - check
• clean up dinner - check
• okay now put up tree -check
• put lights on tree - check
• they all light - Alleluia - check
• christmas tree needles everywhere - check
• hubby vaccuums them all up - check
• baby crying -check check check
• okay now it's 7:30/put baby to bed-check check check
• now go finish up the tree-check

So, last night we decided to put up the tree. We started the whole process with Grey helping, but that did get a little tricky. Although, we did get as far as the lights while sweet baby Grey was up, but then we did have to finish after I put my precious angel to bed.

This is was the tree looked like when we just put it up...

Trying to string the lights on...

Grey was a good little elf and one of mommy's favorite helper's

Grey had a very special friend throughout the process of putting up our Christmas tree...oh yes a beloved cord that he would NOT part with last night...

Hangin' that famous Pickle on the tree...

We found just the right spot...

There she is folks....isn't it pretty?!?!?

And then Nate set up his Nativity. We do really have a couple great traditions that I so dearly love....One of them is the Nutcrackers that both Nate and Grey get from St. Nick every year and the other is Nate's Nativity. This is another "thing" that Nate has collected pieces for over the years. It is now complete! This is a pretty expensive Nativity set so he couldn't just get ALL the pieces at once so instead he would get a couple pieces every year and now it's all there! So, I always make Nate put it up!

Both of Greyson's grandma's have also started him on this type of Nativity so when Grey is old enough it will also ALWAYS be his job to set up his Nativity and tell his mama the whole story behind the Nativity (lol)

I love seeing a Nativity! I really do! I think it's beautiful!

And then, when Greyson was down for the count....his mom and dad decided to fool around....oh yeah we fooled around alright...we were nerds and set our camera on the self timer and took pics of us in front of our Christmas tree!!! Just what you thought - right?!?!? lol!

See...CHEERS! Take 1

Take 2

And Take 3

Okay, well Christmas is officially up at the Ernat's...now we can sit back and enjoy it and hope Grey doesn't knock it ALL down-lol!