Deck The Halls!

We've been festive out here in Colorado! Last week we had our friends Sunny and Selena and our new friend Christina out for a visit, and then we had a quiet Thanksgiving and day after Thanksgiving...aka, Christmas Tree Day. Right now we're hanging out by the fire while it snows outside, which really helps get you in the spirit. As always, you'll find some photos below. Unfortunately, our camera is MIA, so what you see here is all cell phone photos.



But first a video. Eli started doing this about a week ago. If you do the dramatic "I'm-gonna-get-you" tickle move, he'll play his part, get tickled, and then re-enact the whole thing. He's even started doing it pre-emptively, as a request to get tickled. Apologies for the cell phone video.

Eli and mama shopping in Frisco, a town up in the mountains (near Vail and Copper) we went to on Wednesday afternoon. By this point in the day Eli was worn out, so we tried putting him in the carrier, but he wasn't having that either. We thought he looked funny in there, with his legs splayed out.
Eli loves taking naps with his friend Harry.
Jessa found these wall sticker thingies, and she put them by his crib and his changing table. This morning when I got Eli out of bed, he didn't want to leave. He just ran from one end of the crib to the other, pointing out his new stickers.

Somebody stuck a puff on Eli's nose. We aren't saying who, but it starts with an S and ends with elena.
Maybe it got out of hand.
Me and Eli in Frisco. He loves this mode of transportation.
Eli loves the train table....but the rest of us love it maybe a little bit more.
He scored a cool conductor hat from his auntie Sunny as an early Christmas present.
We eventually had to tear Eli away from the train table. He was transfixed.
Riding a red racer while shopping. He's shirtless because mom was off buying him a new one after he threw up all over his first one.
We did a comparison between last Christmas' foot imprint and his feet today. Impressive progress, no?Thanksgiving afternoon we set off in search of a tree....
....but we were unsuccessful, so today we set out again. It was exhausting.
We found a great one, a Colorado native white fir, and brought it home. After some drama with procuring a saw, we got it up and going. Eli didn't think much of it until we got the lights on it. Then.....

He LOVES it. Here, he's looking at the star and making the "light" sign.
Putting on his "Elijah" bell ornament, courtesy of Sunny.The finished product, after Eli went to bed. Notice that it's on a table, safely (hopefully) out of reach of little hands. Just in case, all the soft ornaments are on the bottom branches.

Also notice the snow beginning to accumulate on the ground out the window in the background. Colorado sure is conducive to festivity.