13 days 'til Christmas... 12 for us!

We are on the countdown to Christmas! Almost all of the shopping is complete, and presents are being wrapped. June and Randy (Derrick's mom and stepdad) have decided to join us in our new home for Christmas this year, so we're pretty excited to have them. Derrick has to work on Christmas Day, so we will be celebrating on the 24th. We'll be doing everything the same as a normal Christmas, only a day early.

The picture above is Jordyn looking up at our Christmas tree. She is completely in love with that tree, and insists on having it lit the minute she wakes up in the morning. Derrick and I have been catching her getting out of bed at night to turn the lights on (we have the tree plugged into an outlet that is controlled by a light switch, so she thinks it's pretty neat that she can do it on her own). We have also made one of those "countdown rings" out of construction paper, so she knows how many days are left until she gets to open her presents. I decided to have her make this after her asking 100 times a day, "When is Santa coming so I can open my presents mommy?" However, I now realize that it probably wasn't such a good idea to wrap presents with Dora paper, and place them under the tree. That's just torture to a 3 year old!

Jordyn's very first dance recital will be held this Sunday. She has been taking classes for 8 weeks now, and loves it so very much. I will post the video once we have it uploaded. Watching eight- 3 & 4 year old little girls dance around in angel costumes is the cutest darn thing I have ever seen!

On that note... Happy Friday!