For some reason I was super excited about decorating for Christmas this year.  I wish the picture quality was a little better it is much prettier than it looks.

Carrot loves to put the star on the tree.  I hope her dad is always going to be able to lift her to put it on but it will be a sad day when she is too big for it.

 

  hardly able to wait to begin

Having pinned stuff from pinterest all year it was hard not to add some new decorations to the house.  Carrot and I were at Lowes one day and found some pretty red,sliver and gold Christmas balls in various sizes and then went to town with some old garland I haven't used int years that i was thinking of throwing out.  It turned out way prettier than expected.

A lot of my decorations were my mom's so they are even more special.  The candle holder below was my moms and the crystal globes were a gift from my old boss.

When I was small this gold Angel used to really scare me LOL  I am quite fond of it now.

Some of the first Christmas decoration I bought to decorate our house the first few years we were married.

I saw a variation of this on pinterest and made due with some bows of garland I had in my Christmas box.  I have used them in the past outside on rocking chairs or on my mantle but like on the banister like this.

Every year we go to a local small town and pick out a Jim Shore santa.  This year the store is no longer selling them but we have been told there is another shop that sells them in another small town close by so I am hoping we can get there before Christmas.  It was be sad not to have one marked 2012.

I can remember ever year as a girl opening the box with this nativity scene and helping my mom set it us.  I used to sort of think they were boring completely white but love the simplicity in this set now.

I took the same christmas balls and ribbon from the door and wrapped them around the light fixture in the dinning room and love the way that turned out as well.

New decorations are fun the it is the old decorations that have the memories

I found these stockings one year and bought then for our little family of four.  I am hoping I can find another one that looks similar for when we become five.

The nutcrackers are one of Carrots favorites.  She was digging and digging through the ornament box this year trying to find the nutcracker ornament that her daddy bought her last year the night we went to see the nutcracker ballet.  

Last but not least is this little stuffed Christmas tree wall hanging.  This was also made by my mother.