Baby It's Cold Outside

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! I am definitely feeling the Christmas spirit. This is my favorite time of the year. Call me cheesy, but I love singing carols and drinking hot chocolate and seeing Christmas decorations outside everyone's house. I also love to watch the advent candles being lit at church and singing in the Christmas musical (btw: for all of you Birmingham folks, our church's Christmas musical is next Sunday, the 13th. Come on by!)

Now that I am a mother and have been through the whole "having a child" thing, the manger story gives me new respect for Mary & Joseph. Can you imagine?! I can't even imagine having Madelyn without an epidural. Can you imagine how scared Mary must have been to have been so far away from home and so YOUNG and all she had for a companion was her husband-to-be who she didn't know that well?! Wow. I think Mary trumps all scary birthing stories.

So, since we were feeling so festive, we decided to visit Santa yesterday. And Madelyn didn't cry! I was actually surprised. My little girl is growing up.



And for one more cute picture - it was our first freeze last night, so we got all bundled up today. Isn't that hat the cutest thing ever!