Christmas Tree Cutting

This will be Kevin and I's 5th Christmas together, and we have never had a Christmas tree. We decided this year we would get one, mainly because some of our good friends own a Christmas Tree farm, but also because we thought Krieg would enjoy it. So, today we all headed up the mountain and cut one down. Cutting down our own tree used to be one of my favorite family traditions when we were younger, so I was excited for us all to go up there. Here are a few pictures of Krieg and Ivy (Ivy's family has the tree farm!) Krieg had fun "driving" the bailor, and then even got to go for a ride on it with Mr. Matt! And just fyi for any of you who aren't from around Cullowhee, there are TONS of Christmas tree farms in the mountains around here. I had no idea that Western NC was such a big supplier of Christmas trees!

Fun times

I have been somewhat absent from the blog world, mainly because I haven't taken any pictures lately-which is my primary reason for posting. But tonight we had a really fun moment at our house that was blog-worthy. Every Sunday night Krieg's little friend Ivy comes over to play with Krieg and a babysitter while I meet with some friends downstairs in our small group. The babysitter had to leave early, so I came upstairs to take over. The two of them, (Ivy is 3, so she initiates a lot of their playing) asked to get into Krieg's crib, then had me turn the lights out and go out of the room so they could go "Night-Night." Then I would run back in the room and turn the lights on, and they would cackle SO loud and for so long, then tell me to do it again. This is the first time I have really ever seen Krieg play with any other kids like this. He was having so much fun. All I could think was, "I can't wait until Krieg can play with his little sister like this!" They will be about the same age apart as Krieg and Ivy are, so it was easy to imagine. It is making me more and more excited about having two little ones around here