Decorating the Tree

I know this is going up late… I got a new laptop for Christmas (yay!) and then had a few issues. It’s a long story… Anyway! So last December, our family was in the midst of the newborn haze and getting ready to move across the Atlantic. Christmas was not high on the totem pole of priorities.

Fast forward to this year! I was excited to celebrate Christmas with Gerrit the “right” way. 🙂 First on the list: getting a real Christmas tree. Last year we had this tiny artifical one. It was sad. I would have loved to have gone to a tree farm this year, but Gerrit isn’t a fan of long car rides, so we just went to Lowe’s. My sister drove over from Tennessee to take photos of Gerrit & I decorating the tree together for the first time. And they turned out really cute!

This year we limited the ornaments to just plastic ones. For our little photo shoot, I had Gerrit help me hang the ball ornaments. He figured out pretty quickly that they bounce… so they were frequently pulled off the tree haha.

Oh how I love that face! I love watching Gerrit’s personality develop as he gets older.

Aren’t they cute when they start learning to share? Such a sweet boy…

After decorating the tree (well, the bottom part, haha), Gerrit decided he needed a snack. I wasn’t really planning to have my sister take photos of me breastfeeding, but I wanted some professional photos of Gerrit nursing, and I love that we had the Christmas tree in the foreground.

I realize it’s February, but I hope you all enjoyed a little Christmas flashback. These photos turned out so wonderful, and I’m glad we have these great memories captured of our first Christmas in North Carolina.