21 Days to X'Mas!

Finally... We cleared out some of the existing furniture to prepare for my confinement - as we will need space to accommodate the confinement lady in addition to the maid..

And we set up the X'mas tree as well.. we never fail to set up the tree every year.. and this tree has been with us since we were married and moved into this place.. This will be the last year that this tree will be set up here, which makes it very special..

This has to be the year which we set it up the earliest, and likely to be the year which we will dismantle it the earliest too (definitely before CNY - w used to leave it almost to CNY before we took it down!!)

Last year, En was just a 2 month old baby when we set up the tree and took our family portrait together with Momo..
He was so fascinated with the sparkly lights.. This year, he already knows that this is called a Christmas tree and giggles when he hesitantly touched the prickly pines, and I have added a snowman and a santa claus ornament for the babies on the tree...

How time flies.. well,Ii was just saying to hubby, by the time we set up the X'mas tree next year, so much will have changed again... we will have moved to our new place, En will be running, yakking and full of mischief and we will have Bao Xuan much like Bao En now.. with some cognitive skills but still tottling and babbling...

Well.. nothing changes your life as fast as kids, that is my conclusion.. :)

P/S: Note how Momo looks so adoringly at the tree, think she is selecting the next ornament to destroy, every year she destroys some ornaments and every year I will replenish some.. Well i kinda like it that way, it is like a tradition to me now to add a few new items to update the decor of the tree, while retaining some of the old ones, esp. those that we bought for the 1st year..

Even the selection of ornaments had changed, it used to be romantic opera theme, now we have a rojak of the adult stuff and the cute-sy stuff for the babies.. Still i love the tree! And i am hoping to get a pic of Baby En standing by the tree.. Watch this space!