O Christmas Tree

We have had our tree and house decorated for a few weeks now, but I finally got around to getting a few pics of G and the tree this morning. It is so crazy to look back at how small he was last year when he was sitting in front of the tree (small minus the very chubby cheeks and rolls all over!)...he could not even sit up yet, and had to be in the bumbo seat. This year HE pushed the chair over to the tree, HE climbed up on it, and HE smiled without me trying to make him:) 

We decorated the tree and house as if we were going to be here on Christmas. Pretty minimal, but that's the way I decorate. Even if we are not here, I want him to be able to experience all of this each and every year. As it looks, we will probably be doing the every other year thing in Ohio, as I have to work every other Christmas too.

The tree has all the decorations on the top half, and the bottom half is a bunch of soft ornaments that Grandma Dayle brought over. Gavin takes them off and puts them back on each and every day. The poor tree has seen better days, when someone was not pulling its branches all day long!

Please excuse Gavin's full mouth. The apple he was eating is much more important than any old photo shoot!