Holiday Happiness

It's been far to long since my last Top 10 List...so here goes:

The Ten Things About Christmas that Make Me the Happiest This Year

10) Watching random people in the city walk by with Santa hats on their heads.

9) Laughing at the people who sing Christmas carols loudly as if nobody can hear them (I'm one of these people).

8) All of the lights, wreaths, strings of garland and holiday music that is just everywhere!

7) Being at the mall to entertain Bailey and laughing at the frantic shopping that is taking place, knowing that I got all of mine done two weeks ago.

6) Finally, finally being done with our Christmas cards and having the satisfaction of knowing that even having a new baby didn't keep us from our annual homemade card tradition.

5) Thinking about Christmas morning with a hot cup of coffee, some fresh baked cinnamon rolls, my stuffed stocking and sitting with Bailey while she plays with the paper and we try to encourage her to play with her gifts.

4) Knowing that I'll be spending at least a few days of this holiday season surrounded by my in-law side of the family and enjoying the craziness that comes with lots of people, a couple of kids and christmas presents.

3) Turning the Christmas tree on at 4:30 every morning and enjoying the way that the lights bounce off our hardwood floors.

2) The super-huge, corporate Christmas bonus that will help drag us out of the debt created by creating Bailey.

And finally...the number one joy for me this Christmas....

1) The traditions that Kelly and I hold so dear that will one day be so important to Bailey one day.