In case you've never met me (ever before in your entire life) then you might not know that I have a serious Christmas-obsession.  I love it, like maybe an unhealthy amount.  We decorate ridiculously early, have our Christmas cards out the DAY after Thanksgiving, we LOVE Christmas shopping and think about it for months and months before the big day.  It's awesome.

This year has been just as exciting as any other year, other than the constant slew of illnesses that seems to affect our house (croup...f&^# you croup, stomach bug, colds, etc.), this holiday season has been so much fun.  The reason?  Finn understands what is happening right now.  He knows that it's a special time of the year.  He gets to open the advent calendar every day, he gets to help wrap presents, and pick things out for his friends, and bake cookies, and decorate trees, and make special crafts.  He knows who Santa is, he knows that Santa says "Ho, ho, ho Merry Christmas" and he is VERY excited about the fact that Santa may bring him ice this Christmas (weirdo).

Each year, I have this huge countdown to Christmas, it starts....embarrassingly early in the year.  This year I'm even MORE excited about it, it's so fun to share traditions with him, to make new traditions, and to get more and more excited about all the new, fun things that are coming up in 2013.



P.S.  I know that I haven't blogged in forever, and it's because I am busy (in a great way), and just haven't had any time.  I've had SO many photo shoots, spent a lot of time at school, spent a lot of time with some great kids, and then with my own great kid.  It's been a great few months....aside from some craziness and a bit of drama thrown in along the way :)