Stocking

This is the first year Kendall will have a stocking. We didn't do one last year because she was still too young to really understand presents and a stocking and she was pretty overwhelmed with the amount of presents she got. It took her almost all day to open everything.

This year we intentionally are keeping Christmas smaller (she is still getting a ton of stuff though). There is just going to be a few of us and instead of doing Christmas Eve with Jason's family we are going to go spend Christmas afternoon with them.

Anyways, back to the original topic. The stocking! Walmart had them for $1.98 which is great, i picked one up last week when i finished my Christmas shopping. The lady who babysits for us in the afternoon is a big crafter and has all sorts of sewing stuff so i took it over to her and she put Kendall's name on it.

Kendall is very excited about Christmas. Every day when we get home the first thing we do is put a cotton ball on her little advent calendar and she says "Ooh Santa's beard is getting bigger so Christmas is getting closer."

We have been working with her and talking about why we celebrate Christmas, and she will yell "It's Jesus' Birthday!" 

I am very excited for Christmas as well. I need to wrap all my presents still but there is plenty of time! I have seen the Christmas Eve gift lots of places so we are going to start that tradition this year with one present to open on Christmas Eve. I got a Christmas book, Christmas jammies and I am going to get a snack to put in with it. I can't wait to see how excited Kendall is Christmas morning when she wakes up and sees what Santa brought her.