While I still need to do a home tour of my apartment, hopefully, this little sneak peek will satisfy you guys for now. With such a bigger space, I was able to fully lean into my Christmas obsession this year. I bought a bigger tree and more ornaments and more decorations to place around my home. It truly feels like a Christmas wonderland in here!
I put up outside Christmas lights for the first time in yeeeeears. I hung some lights around my windows and wrapped my balcony railing with lights. So festive!
The huge stocking I put up above my TV is a family relic. We’ve had it since I was a kid, and it’s one of my most favorite things to bring out every year. It reminds me of my dad in a happy way, and I cherish memories like those.
I love the little Christmas scene in my bedroom—I love waking up in the middle of the night to the glow of Christmas lights. I bought the monogrammed stockings this year at Target. I needed a new stocking, and had to get tiny stockings for the girls! Perfect. Also, I took that photo before Eloise realized how easy it is to bat down the “merry” banner, sigh. Every time I re-hang it, it’s batted down within half a day. Stinker!
Do you see the rock in the middle of my dining room table? (Here’s a better picture.) My friend Kim painted it for me! Isn’t it amazing? She is so damn talented.
It’s weird—usually, I get to a point in December where I’m ready to take down the decorations and restore my apartment to its normal state (usually the day after Christmas, I’m sad to say!), but this year, I think I’ll leave up the decorations for a while. Maybe it’s because I need the extra cheer. Maybe it’s because I have a bigger apartment and it doesn’t feel as suffocating to have so many extra things around.
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas. If you are the praying type, please keep Mikaela, Nick, and baby Olive in your prayers. While they were hoping a surgeon in Miami would take her case, the surgeon ultimately declined because it was too risky. Her entire liver needs to be removed and there have been no successful cases of a liver transplant for this type of cancer. Instead, she started chemo yesterday and, while Olive’s oncologist doesn’t believe chemo responds to this type of tumor, I am going to believe with my whole heart and soul that it will. I will believe in a miracle. <3