To Tree or not to Tree - That is the question!

Jonathan and I have been back and forth many times in the last month on whether or not we wanted to get a Christmas tree this year. Over our seven years of marriage we have become less and less enthused about having a tree. Last year we didn't put one up at all and it was quite nice to not have to deal with the putting up and taking down of the tree. In fact, because we lived in a basement suite and were rapidly running out of storage space, we actually got rid of our artificial tree because it was taking up too much room.

But this Christmas is a little bit different. We now have a house with plenty of space for a tree. Its also the first Christmas with our little one....even though he's too little to know what's going on. So, we waffled for a while and then decided to go for it.

Jonathan is now on Christmas vacation from work, which I'm very excited about. This is the first time he has had time off since the first couple of weeks after Edison was born. So to start the holiday off we headed down to our local nursery, Trice Farms, to pick out a tree. We wanted a small tree, and we did chose the smallest one they had, but it is still a fair sized tree.

Perusing the selection

Heading home with our new tree

Swing batter batter

Obviously not a super huge tree if Jonathan can lift it one-handed

In it goes

We had an awesome time by the fire decorating it and playing with little Edison on the floor....and of course Albert had to get in on all the action.

Trying to untangle the lights

And the decorating begins

Rolling around on the floor while we decorated

Trying to sit and play with his toys all at the same time.

Checking out the pretty lights