Christmas Decorating and Boot Hockey!

Saturday we spent the day "bumming" around Duluth looking for more Christmas decorations. We found a bunch at a cute store called Country by the Lake just beyond the Ariel Lift Bridge in Duluth. We were on a mission to find three stockings that went well together and were able to do so. We are so excited for Brooks' first Christmas.

Once we got home we started in on decorating the house. Greg did the tree (inside and out) and I attempted to do the other decorating. Later in the evening, Steph's family stopped by to find me sitting on the couch having a meltdown because I didn't know where to put anything. We tripled the size of our house when we moved, I had more decorations than last year, and I still could not figure out where to put anything. So it was another case of "Stephanie to the rescue!" She was able to get me started (even though I had attempted it for over an hour) and we were able to get the house looking very festive.

Today (Sunday), we skipped church (bad) and let Brooks take a long morning nap. Once he got up we were off to do more errands. Tonight we had a game of boot hockey in the driveway. It was so fun. Afterwards, we ordered Chinese and listened to a beautiful Christmas presentation by Kennedy and Maggie. Brooks also had his first all solid meal. He had turkey, cheese, peas and pears. He did great, didn't choke (my biggest fear) and loved all of it! He even loved the peas! Way to go, munchkin!

It is so hard to think about going back to work tomorrow. Brooks has swimming lessons tomorrow night and we will be back in the swing of things. We still anxiously await the arrival of Dylan, our first boy cousin. He should be here any day now! Hurry UP!