I am hoping once Pat gets time off of work that we will be able to explore the city more as a family and we will be able to enjoy the magical feeling the Christmas brings to this wonderful city that we live in.
Of course one of the downsides to a Christmas in New York City is the size of the tree and having to be creative on where to put it! Every year I am convinced that we won't be able to put up our tiny tree because we have no room. However, without fail Pat always finds a way. This year he found the perfect spot on top of our small bookshelf!
Every year I look forward to putting up the ornaments on the tree. It is always fun to reminisce on years past. I can't believe how quickly time flies and this is the fifth Christmas Pat and I have spent together.
This year, I had some "new" Christmas ornaments to add to the tree that I am especially fond of. When my mom came in October she brought a handful of ornaments that belonged to my grandparents. They are so charming and take me back to my childhood of Christmas Eve's spent at my grandparents home set in the Oakland Hills.
One ornament in particular brought back a flood of memories -- the knitted Reindeer heads. When my mom brought them I got excited because I remember always going up to my grandparents tree and checking to see if there was a special treat inside these reindeers. If I got to them before anyone else, I would find a hershey kiss waiting for me. The funny thing about this, is my mom had no memory of the purpose of these reindeer so when I popped open the mouth of the two reindeer ornaments she brought me, guess what I found!!! Two hershey kisses! The funny thing is from my calculations the hershey kisses were probably over 12 years old!
You're alive!!! It's good to see a post from you! These pictures of you all in your Christmasy best are really cute. It's weird to see you guys with Hunter, I still don't feel like he's real because I've only seen him once. Haha. We need to hang out more!!
ReplyDeleteI've been missing your posts right along with Angie! Congrats on Hunter - so surreal I'm sure. I wrote several posts to you about Montee but they kept getting erased so I finally gave up. I'm sure it was a tough tough tough thing to do. Pets are family. I'm sorry you had to let him go, but any true animal lover would have done the same thing.
ReplyDeleteYou look FABULOUS!!! I hope I recover as quick as you, and look as amazing as you did right before delivering. Congrats again!
I love your Christmas sweater! Hope you guys have a great Christmas with your sweet new boy!
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