Musings on a tiny Christmas tree

So, tomorrow is Coopy's big 0-5!  Today he has been feeling sick, so after his three hour nap, he felt well enough to put up the Christmas tree.  Now, he does not understand why tomorrow isn't Christmas.  His birthday is no longer good enough, now he needs some Santa lovin'!!

This brings me to our Charlie Brown Christmas tree... I get so jealous of my friends' world class Christmas Trees.  Someday, I keep saying, someday. I bought a little 4 foot pre-lit Christmas tree last year because Cooper wanted a tree and it was really cheap, great reasons I know.  This year, I set it up on a box to give it some height, but it is still just a pathetic little tree.  Now that I have dissed my little tree, let me tell you why I LOVE it. 

I love my tree, because Cooper LOVES the tree.  It is truly OUR Christmas tree.  We turned the television and computer off and spent an hour together unpacking decorations and putting everything together, it was such a precious time.  We unwrapped every precious ornament and I told him about why each one was important to me and to him.  I got to share the ornament that I got for my first Christmas, the first, second and third Scarlett O'Hara ornaments my mother got me to satisfy my lifelong Gone with the Wind obsession, the Smokey dog ornament that my parents got me for my first year at UTK (go Vols, next year we will overcome!), and my favorite ornament of all time... My favorite ornament is the little black baby in a basket that my sister, Erin, gave me for Cooper's first Christmas.  We scoured Hallmark for our options and we both agreed that a little white baby did not really work for us! So, my little mocha baby had a little mocha baby ornament... PERFECT! All of the completely mis-matched little ornaments on this little four foot Christmas tree work for our little family.  It is a great analogy for me and Cooper, a completely mis-matched, little work in progress. Each year, we add an ornament and the tree grows a little taller in our minds.  Maybe next year we will graduate to a six footer, but this year the four foot will do.

So, now, I am going to hop off this blog and go bask in the glow of our fabulous Christmas tree while doing a little holiday Facebook stalking...  TAKE THAT eight foot live tree with color coordinated peacock feathers sticking out of the top with your handpainted Portuguese ornaments, TAKE THAT!