Christmas-ing

We are loving this holiday season so far.  I thought I would hate being so pregnant at Christmas time, but luckily I have enough energy to keep up with fun activities and little enough slow down and spend more time soaking it all in.  I am completely a tradition kind of person,

and this year we will be having our own Christmas so I am thrilled to start. 

We are loving the excitement of receiving christmas cards and packages (thanks mom!) in the mail.  There is just nothing like this time of year. 

I thought President Monson really nailed it when he said

Christ gets lost in Christmas, we are trying to study more about Him and his

characteristics this season as part of a new tradition.

These are some cookies we made and delivered to dear friends, so fun!

Grace has the cooking bug lately, it's cute she has now become my big helper when I try and cook anything.  She likes to pretend with a variety of sprinkles.  She had me taste "it" about ten times and asked what I thought. Ha ha, she makes me laugh.

Our stockings...

( I know.. msg :) thankfully, I bought another cute letter that we'll add next year)

Our Christmas countdown! 

I had so much fun making it, this is where a lot of our fun traditions come into play. 

Each day we do a Christmas activity.

It has been so much fun really introducing Grace to Christmas for the first time.  We've checked out a lot of fun books from the library to help her understand and she loves them!

  I can't wait to see her on Christmas morning. :)