Baby’s First Christmas

September 22, 2011

Baby’s First Christmas

Wow I am thinking of running a baby’s first Christmas competition so just posted on our facebook wall to find out whether it is anyone’s babys first Christmas, second or third…

The response was amazing… so many excited mummies out there who just can’t wait until their own little baby’s first Christmas. I hopefully have another year to wait until I experience this for myself, or it will mean I have had mine early and will be completely unprepared! But it really is a special time of year isnt it. I love Christmas anyway and is always a big celebration and a chance for family to get together and simply chill but add a baby or young child to the mix and it is a completely different ball game.

I am lucky enough to have spent the last 3 Christmases with my Nephew and he is just so excited on Christmas morning.  What we do (and what my parents used to do for us when me and my sister were little) is not allow him in the room until my dad has checked to see if Santa has been. The night before we all stay up late putting up Christmas trees and turning it into a tinsel Santa grotto (we go very overboard with all the old fashioned ceiling decorations etc!!) So when my nephew goes to bed it is just a normal room but when he is finally allowed in it is like a magical place which Santa has decorated for him. Dad has turned on all the fairy lights (which is why he needs to check whether santa has been first) to give it that extra sparkle.  His face is just so priceless. I remember last year that we walked in and Cameron though a Santa teddy was actually Santa and he had fallen asleep on the sofa… this teddy was only 30cm tall!! He was genually scared as he knows he shouldn’t see the real Santa!!

It is just all so magical!! Cameron is going to be 4 this year and I can’t wait to see how he reacts this year… he still talks about Santa throughout the year and he has started thinking of his Christmas list already. I think while the first Christmas is VERY special it is not quite as much fun as the following years when the kiddies really get excited and understand what is happening.

I love Christmas and know I will love it even more when my little one arrives… I wonder what extra little Christmas Eve rituals I will add in to the mix.. I just want them to believe forever!

Keep an eye out for our baby’s first Christmas competition coming soon I really want to make this year AMAZING here at The Keepsake Co..

With love

xx

PS Natalie shared on Facebook that there are 93 sleeps till her baby’s first Christmas… not long really!!

 

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