I love my red and green Christmas tree, but look forward to the day when we have a decorative tree AND family tree full of special ornaments. The family tree will have to wait a few years so we have time to collect more ornaments (and children, ha!). Even though my tree isn't a family one, I've managed to sneak in a few special ornaments.
Of course, "Baby's 1st Christmas," is very special to me, even though it's our newest one! I managed to keep this one with our color scheme, but can't help but want a pink one as well. Is it ok to have more than one "1st Christmas" ornament? :)
"Our Wedding Day, Jason and Cherise, December 29, 2006," is a gift given to us by my dad and stepmom for our wedding. I love the personalized touch to this one- very special!
And finally, our New York T-shirt! Jason and I got this two years ago at Macy's while on our anniversary trip to NYC. It was a very memorable trip that started with 2 stomach bugs (on an airplane!) and included standing in Times Square for 6 FREEZING hours to see the ball drop, ONLY to be defeated by the cold and retreat to our hotel room. Upon arriving back to the hotel, right before we went in the door, I looked up and realized we could see the ball FROM our hotel. We laughed it off, ate pizza in our warm room, then walked outside a few minutes before midnight and watched the ball drop. Such a great trip!! We've now decided to buy an ornament on every trip we take. I think we've missed one or two, but so far we have Bahama's, Iowa, NYC, and England (given to us AFTER our London honeymoon) ornaments.
Merry Christmas!
Your tree is gorgeous! Thanks so much for linking up with us today!
ReplyDeleteI have seen so many baby's first Christmas ornaments today, including in my own post! ---A common favorite for good reason!
Thanks so much for linking up!
Hope you're having a great day!
Shannon
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http://ourgatorzone.blogspot.com
Thanks for playing along wtih Shannon & I:)
ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFUL tree, loving the mesh girl!!
Love the story behind your ornaments. I had to use my babies first ornaments and one of the hubs and I also:)
Have a great evening,
Daph
love the big bow. i used to have a bow but at some point we moved on to a star.
ReplyDeleteLove it! I noticed on your other post the question about adding the badge when you link up.
ReplyDeleteHere's how I do it...
1 - start a new post in Blogger and put your cursor where you want the button to appear
2 - toggle over and copy the code for the badge
3 - return to the blogger post window and in the upper right corner of that window, click the "Edit HTML" tab
4 - Paste the code
5 - next to the "Edit HTML" click the "Compose" tab and hopefully you see your button! :)
I made a little YouTube video to show you these steps here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQmyX8JrCPk
@Joni Thank you! The bow is new for me, and I'm still not happy with it! I'm sure I'll be fooling with it until I take the tree down:)
ReplyDelete@Kerri
ReplyDeleteHave to say thank you again! I'm young but the blogging world makes me feel old and very behind in cyber world. Hopefully I'll fully catch on soon:)
@flip flops and pearls Thank you! First time using the mesh and I LOVE it, although now I want it every where in my house!
ReplyDelete@Shannon Thank you!
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful! LOVE the NY ornament. So clever.
ReplyDeleteI love your pretty tree! Your NY trip story sounds hysterical - and so something that would happen to my husband and me! We get ornaments for trips, too - that's a fun tradition!
ReplyDeleteI grew up in TN - it's always fun to find TN bloggers!!!
The story behind the t-shirt ornament is fabulous! Maybe not at the time, but it is now!
ReplyDelete@blueviolet I wouldn't have had that trip any other way:) Thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDelete@I Do Declare It was a great trip! What part of TN did you grow up in? I've only been here since '05, but it's HOME:)
ReplyDelete@Dina @ 4 Lettre Words
ReplyDeleteThank you! And thanks for stopping by:)
You have a beautiful tree!
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