Decorating, Playdates, Braden Talking...

December is here and it is time to start getting ready for the holidays! We got our tree at Costco this year instead of a tree farm because we were feeling a bit short on time. The tree is very beautiful but it's just not the same as picking it out at a tree farm. From here on out, we will always get our tree at a tree farm.

We had a blast getting out all the decorations and placing them on the tree. My favorite part is seeing what ornaments I bought on sale last year the day after Christmas for this year's tree - so fun! Because Braden is on the move, we put our tree in our front office so we could close the door or put a gate up so he can't get to it. It is placed in front of the window so it looks very pretty from the outside!

I bought Braden an airplane ornament last year and now he is here...his first Christmas!
Madeleine absolutely loved decorating the tree for about 20 minutes and then it was off to better stuff like playing with daddy! That's okay, I am very particular about where the ornaments go :-)

After we decorated the tree, we made some Christmas cookies. We made candy cane kiss cookies, yum! This is such a great recipe to do with a preschooler.

Our tree all lit up!

We had a playdate with friends who have the same age kids - Madeleine & Hayden and Braden & Harlow...both sets of kids just a few months or weeks apart!

Braden is getting to be such a big boy! He is doing a lot of baby talk and saying sounds like ga, go and ma! I'll try to get a video of him making those sounds soon. Below are some pics of him eating and talking...he is eating brocolli, cheese, avocado, beans, toast, pasta, and fruit cut-up as well as baby food & his bottles.