For the first time in many years, my husband and I are staying home for the holidays. With both of our families living in other states, I have to say it’s really nice not needing to worry about weather, traffic, peak travel prices, a toddler’s sleep schedule.
We’re looking forward to hosting Friendsmas dinner in our home in a couple weeks and are even more excited to wake up in our own bed on Christmas Day.
Gemma’s at that age (just over two-and-a-half) where she’s starting to understand celebrations, family traditions, and — of course — presents, so it’s going to be especially fun to see all of her reactions on Christmas morning.
We cut down our Christmas tree last week near the town of Sisters (our new favorite family tradition in Oregon, which you might remember we started last year) and have been decorating all week, bit by bit.
Each day there’s something new to do together: draping lights across the windows, making wreaths with leftover branches from our tree, pulling out all the ornaments that we’ve picked up from places we’ve visited and loved, hanging them just so on the beautiful fir tree we found in the forest.
This year’s tree is our tallest one yet at 12 feet! It smells amazing and makes our home feel like we live in the middle of the woods. With the recent snowfall we’ve had, along with cold temperatures that are helping the snow stick around for once, it actually, truly feels like winter right now, and I’m loving it.
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