Christmas Cards

What is Christmas for you?

Tis the season for: twinkling lights, santa visits, jam-packed, candlelit church services, stockings, the yearly taste of rich, creamy eggnog followed by the yearly rush to the bathroom (wink to the Vater kids), playing hours and hours of nostalgic holiday music for my tortured husband, freak-outs at the top of the stairs at 5am on Christmas morning while we wait for everyone to be ready to head down to see if Santa came, a big green pine tree inside, blankets of white snow outside, and of course the string of holiday cards hanging on a bright ribbon from every door frame from loved ones you may only hear from once a year...just to name a few.

This year we will be starting a new tradition of sending out a picture card. I always love seeing friends and family grow from year to year on their Christmas cards. Sending cards is a great way to update faraway friends and family everyone on your year. I can't wait to dress up our little one for the holidays and create a card for 2011 to put in her scrapbook.

With the hundreds of pictures we have taken this year, it should be easy picking out a few special ones from our Shutterfly albums to make into ornaments for our tree. I love the holidays and can't wait to share lots of tradition with our new baby on her first Christmas.