Christmas time is coming!!!

I love this time of year. It is definitely one of my favorite holidays. I enjoy the festivities and events that take place during this entire season. I love the meaning of Christmas, Christmas songs, Christmas trees, Christmas decorations, gifts(giving and receiving), stockings, candy canes, turkey, family time, caroling(listening, not singing) and the cold weather(summers in Vegas are too long). It is a great time to contemplate on how this past year went for me and how can I make this upcoming year even better.This holiday season, we will be celebrating a lot of first times events. Here is the breakdown.

First time:

1. Estela's celebrating Christmas-her 1st Christmas.
2. Our first Christmas as parents(mom and dad).
3. We are spending Christmas at our own home-not out of town.
4. My father, Armando, spending Christmas with us.
5. Thomas mom/dad is out of the country for Christmas:in Samoa
6. We are going to cook our own Christmas dinner.
7. We put up a Reef and Christmas lights outside.
8. We baked cookies for our next door neighbors-old couple.
9. We are debt free before Christmas.
10. We are on a budget for Christmas-Economy sucks!

BONUS: as a blogger

I am excited to see what this Christmas season will bring to me and my family. As Christmas approaches, I am eagerly awaiting Christmas day. I am also trying my best to remember the highlights of these holidays. By taking camera shots and mental snapshots of how Estela's experience is going, oh yeah, and writing in this blog, I can remember the little tidbits and details of this Christmas for the future. Yaaay!!! Christmas time is coming...to be continued...