Christmas Traditions

Who can believe there is only a week until Christmas? Seems like this year has just flown by and now it's

7 days until Christmas!!!

Ever since Nico has been born, we have started a few traditions and even though they may be cheesy, still 4 Christmas' later carry them on. It starts on Christmas Eve night, Nico gets to open one present, his Christmas Jammies, and then we read "The Night Before Christmas", track Santa online and finally set out cookies, milk and carrots for Santa and the Reindeer. It's funny because even when Nico was a baby, I did all these things and Daddy would just roll his eyes and say he doesn't even know or won't remember. But to me it's not that he remembers it's about the memories he will have by looking at pictures or video, and that's what it about. The memories and to possibly pass it on to his children one day if he chooses to have a family. Then on Christmas Day, we get up and get Daddy up to go downstairs to see what Santa has left!!! The last 3 years, I have been more excited than Nico but hopefully this year he'll be really interested in it.....if not we will always have next year, right??

So with 7 days left, the excitement has begun and the countdown starts as we get ready to continue on our family traditions!!! Now if only I could get my shopping done.......

What are you favorite memories or family traditions?

Merry Christmas!!!!