Thursday, December 15 (day 168/365)

We waffled about putting up a tree this year, but we finally decided we should take the plunge and decorate for the munchkin's first Christmas.  Having decided to put the tree up we went to get it out of the garage only to discover ... our tree had been inhabited by mice!  While that could have led to an entertaining Christmas with the cats, we decided the mouse tree was probably a no-go with the baby.  We tracked down a replacement and decorated.  We hung most of our ornaments on the top, but we left a few soft (UNBREAKABLE) ornaments on the bottom.  Doodle bug LOVED the tree.  She'd be constantly point at it and say something that we think sounded at least a little bit like "tree".  Even though we know Phoebe won't remember her first Christmas, we ended up being really glad we put in the time to decorate. 

Here Mom, here's a stocking.  Also, guess what?  It was spaghetti day at school.