It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Wow! I really can't believe Christmas is already upon us. I love this time of year! Reese and I went to Sams a few weeks ago and she got to see her 1st Christmas tree! It was so cute to watch her face as she stared at the lights, the bows, the decorations that were on display. I wish I could be in her head, though, and know what she is thinking. Everything is a 1st for her and that is so much fun for me. People probably think that I am a complete goober in stores. I'm always showing her things and talking to her like she knows every word that is coming out of my mouth. We went to Target yesterday and I was showing her stockings and asking her which one she liked better :) We were probably on that aisle for 20 minutes just picking up the stockings and letting her stare at each one.

Finally got our Christmas tree out, up, and decorated! When I turn it on each morning, Reese just stares at it and looks at each ornament. She gets this look of amazement. It's so cute. Cooper is having to adjust to having less room in the living room to run. He has to be extra careful when playing, so he doesn't knock off any more ornaments (we have lost several in years past by either hitting them with the frisbee or Coop's tail whacks them off). I strategically placed most of them higher on the tree and reserve the bottom layer for the plastic, less breakable ornaments.

Dowell and I are hoping to take Reese to see Santa tonight, but she has a little bit of a stuffy nose, so we'll have to play it by ear. With the holiday season, comes the colder weather, and MY has it gotten chilly! The lows have been in the 20s and even got down to 18 degrees last night. Just recently has it been pretty steady. The past few weeks have fluctuated between 40s and 60s as the highs, which really does a number on our systems! She and I both are getting a little "cold" ish, but I'm hoping that we can find a way to adapt to all the weather changes and get our immune systems in check!