it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

i'm normally the decorate the day after thanksgiving type

but this was my first year hosting thanksgiving

which, turns out, is a bit of work

so i'm a little behind schedule

oh well

here's our tree!!!

it smells so good and it's really tall and pretty

we really like it

(i swear eleanor likes to sun herself. she always finds it)

i made a little gallery wall 

rather than finding a place for each of these

and since we don't have a mantle...i bought hooks

kind of lame but oh well

i might cover them with ribbon bows or something

 here's the other side of the room

with the magnolia garland and noel letters

 i love the magnolia garland that we inherited from my sister

when she moved to boston and didn't have room for it

 i am planning on making more of these little cone trees

but for now i like them hanging out on the end table

here's the tree all lit up at night

 and the house! i'm so excited that we have a house to put Christmas lights on!!

it's my first time ever

my dad never once put them up and we've always been in an apartment until now

sadly we don't have a ladder so the top didn't get done..

that'll probably have to wait until we own a house

but it worked well enough for michael to use the garbage can 

and a chair/stool combo for this year :) 

 noah requested a picture in front of the tree

(don't mind his wet shirt, he'd just brushed his teeth)

 hazel's always up for posing, too