Christmas has finally made an appearance...

Other than the lingering cold that Jon is still fighting, the sickness seems to have made its exit from our home now. I usually like to have our house decorated for Christmas by Dec.1 but given how awful we were both feeling, it didn't happen this year. I was finally able to get around to it this weekend and had a lot of fun with the tree this year. Target had an incredible "end of season" sale on Christmas decorations last year, so I bought a complete new set of ornaments for the tree. It was fun to do the tree a little differently and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Instead of white, gold and red, this year's ornaments are dark green, lime green and red.

Here's a close-up of some of the new ornaments...

The Christmas spirit has hit me just as hard as it always does, so I'm glad the house now matches how 'Christmasy' I'm feeling :) Pretty much all of the Christmas shopping is done as well so now its just a matter of tackling some of my baking. I doubt that I'll do as much as I usually do, as this is our busiest December since we've been married, but I hope to get at least a few treats completed in the next week or two. Hope you're all enjoying the beginning of the Christmas season too!