We decorated for Christmas last weekend, and Leah has been having so much fun discovering all of the new "toys" around the house. She's actually been pretty good about leaving the tree alone- her favorite decoration is the baby Jesus from our nativity (as seen below). To paraphrase the words of Gloria Estefan (or Amy Grant?), it is so neat seeing Christmas for the first time through Leah's eyes. She isn't really interested in shopping or presents, but she loves looking at the nativity and the star on top of the tree. Knowing that has made it easier to remember what Christmas is really all about.
We enjoyed a surprise visit from Grandma Morales last weekend. She was here to help us set up the tree and listen to us argue about whether the lights should be strung from the top of the tree to the bottom or vice versa, and whether the star goes on first or last. It's our fifth Christmas together, and we're still merging traditions! 
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Dave and I had the same argument the other night! Sad that we still can't agree or remember how we strung the lights the year before. When we saw Ambyr Hawks (Mike and Kathryn's oldest girl) last year at Christmas, all she wanted was the baby Jesus, too!
Gotta love trying to merge traditions. It is so fun making your very own though! I am kind of excited Brooklyn isn't crawling yet but if she does soon I made sure not to put any ornaments on the bottom of the tree. And isn't it amazing how humble children can make us. They have quite the little spirits :)
Kids make the holidays so much fun. They really make you remember what it's all about.
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