Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Here Comes Santa Clause!


the morning of dec 3, we woke up excited to go see santa. talon came home that morning, so we had breakfast and then we hung claire's 1st christmas ornament together. her ornament is super cute and the first of a 5 yr series. its a baby bear in pjs with a paci and holding a bottle, while reaching up to the tree (which is shaped as the #1). it really fits claire perfectly!
later on, we all got ready to go see santa. i think that i was definitely the most excited out of the three of us! on our way to the mall, we picked up april so she could go with us. we were a little nervous about claire being afraid of santa and crying during the picture, but we were wrong! she did really well! they told us to place her in his lap with her back to him, without actually seeing him. she was laid back and just hung out with him. we never got much of a real smile out of her because she kept sticking out her tongue. but i'm glad we were able to get that in her santa photo since she loves doing it right now.
after seeing santa, we walked around the mall and stopped by hallmark to look at the ornaments. my mom loved hallmark christmas ornaments and it was always a tradition to get a new one every year. i sort of started this back up last year with talon, for our first real christmas together in our house. we bought an ornament for "our new home" and also a fireman santa for talon. this year, talon was super excited to get new ornaments for our tree. we went to a couple of hallmarks to pick out which ones we wanted to get. its so cute to see him get so excited about christmas traditions we are starting together. he loves our christmas tree and all the decorations i put out for the holidays.
this year, i had some of my mom's ornaments for the tree, which helped fill it up even more. and i also had nanny's christmas village, along with her porcelain christmas tree and some festive figurines. i use my mom's christmas carousel for the mantle too. even though i miss them more than anything, its nice to remember them during this time by using some of their favorite christmas decor and ornaments. every time i look at each piece, i have a vivid memory with both nanny and my mom. i look forward to sharing these memories and traditions with claire for many years to come!

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