{Helping get the tree out of the box - Jonathan was very interested in this large box!}
I was totally dreading putting up any Christmas decorations this year, I thought at first it was because it just seemed like one more thing to keep Jonathan out of, but as I was pulling out our decorations, I realized it was even more that I didn't want to look at our decorations anymore. Last December I spent essentially the entire month sitting in my recliner in the living room holding/feeding Jonathan, looking that these four walls and the Christmas decorations I insisted on being put up right after Thanksgiving. I loved that month and time with Jonathan, but it was also a very hard month for me. Jonathan slept only in my arms (including at night) for the first two weeks, so I was pretty sleep deprived and not always totally functioning. So, in some ways I think the decorations brought back some of those memories, the good and bad. I am very pleased that this year I am not up with him all night long, and in fact we are not up with him at all, so that I am grateful for.
{Helping Daddy get the tree together.}
The other thing I did was not put out all my decorations, I tried to do some new things with what I had and overall just went very simple. And maybe after Christmas when everything is on sale I will try to find a couple new Christmas decorations to add to my collection.
On the other hand, Jonathan didn't "find" the Christmas tree until just a couple of days ago (it had been up for well over a week). At first he would reach out to try and grab an ornament off the tree, with arm outstretched as far as possible and body staying as far from tree as possible, I think he was sort of afraid of the branches. He eventually pulled off a jingle bell - which I intentionally put the bells on the lower branches thinking he would enjoy them. And then yesterday he discovered the beaded garland and thought it should be pulled off the tree, and also thought he should try to pull at the branches. Although he hasn't discovered the gifts under our tree, he did attack the bows on gifts at my mom's house today. Overall, it has been fun watching him discover the new things around the house, but I am looking forward to the tree coming down next week now that the tree looks like so much fun to play with.
Of course watching Elf while decorating.
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