2005 ornaments

brian and i wanted to start a tradition of buying a special ornament for the 2 of us each christmas (thanks for the idea, aunt susan!)...we wanted an ornament that somehow represents the past year, so i thought a family of 3 figurines would be nice, since ethan was added to our family this year... well, every ornament we found was either completely cheesy or had 2 kids with it.... i was just about to give up on the idea when i found this lenox ornament at dillards... it's exactly what i was looking for, even though i really didn't know what i was looking for!! :) it's kind of hard to read on the picture, but engraved into it is "bless this home" with the year below it. it is perfect because God surely has blessed our home this year.

we also want to buy a special ornament for ethan each year. you'd think it'd be easy to find a cute "baby's 1st christmas" ornament, huh?? well... hallmark's were cheap and plastic... and the only ones that had left were either spanish or had a black baby in it. i feel so discriminated against as a white american! haha. anyway, after dragging around the mall a few weeks ago, we finally found this precious baby boot at things remembered. we had the bottom engraved to say "ethan's 1st christmas 2005", though they forgot the apostrophe the first time... i had to give the girl at the counter a grammar lesson!! we hope to have one of these for each of our children's first christmas. it's such a cute little shoe. :)


just thought i'd share our special ornaments for 2005 as we prepare to pack them away this weekend. brian says we're gonna have to get a bigger tree in a few years..