Christmas tree picking

we went to pick out our Christmas tree last saturday night. this is stella and daddy walking around to pick out the perfect one.

here we are with our tree! stella was fascinated with it and wanted to feel the needles!

we decorated on sunday morning. i WISH i would've gotten a video of stella's face the first time we plugged in the tree lights. it was so funny! her eyes opened up really big and she got a huge grin on her face and started running over saying "aaaahhhhhhhh" in a really high pitched screech and laughing. she is doing really well with the tree so far! she helped us decorate - daddy would unwrap the ornament and give it to stella, then she would bring it to me to hang on the tree. she was so excited to be helping! she knows she isn't supposed to touch it, but will go over and get really close and just stare into it every night. this is such a special Christmas. our first one as a family. we are having so much fun already!