Tree Farm

We woke up on Saturday morning and saw what a beautiful day it was outside. Since the weather in Oklahoma can change from one second to the next, we decided to take advantage of the nice weather and get our Christmas tree! Every year we debate about whether or not to get a real or fake tree. I think we finally decided that we are real tree people. Well, one of our concerns is the cats and if they decide to eat either tree, we'd rather they eat a real one. I just love when the house smells of pine at Christmas time.

Last year at this time, Eli was only two months old. In fact, JR and his buddy Mike went to get the tree on their own, since he had a truck. We didn't even get to help pick the tree out, not like Eli would have known what was going on anyhow. So, this year I was really excited to get our Christmas tree!

We waited for Eli to take his nap so he was well rested for the adventure. After a quick lunch we packed up and hit the road. It only took us about fifteen minutes to get there so that was a plus.

We were greeted by an employee right away and he began explaining the different types of trees there were and if we wanted to we could grab a saw and head out to the fields. But with a toddler in tow, there was no way we would be cutting down our own tree. We will save that for the professionals!


We started walking towards the fields and right away had a chance to take some photos. Eli was not interested in that however, haha! He gets into an open field and takes off! This boy loves his freedom. We pretty much already knew what tree we wanted when we walked into the place, so we were just walking around so Eli could explore. The trees were getting bigger as we walked farther onto the property. We only made it to the fourth field (the property is 50 acres) before we turned around.

Eli would find a leaf and put it on a tree. He was also drawn to every single rock that he saw and would pick it up. This always prompted me to say "Eli, don't put that in your mouth." Of course as soon as I would say this, he would put it to his lips. Silly boy.

It was a little hilly there, but he did really well walking up and down the hills. He fell a few times, but just brushed off his hands and kept on going. Towards the end he started getting a little wild, so I carried him back to where we picked out the tree. They loaded it up on top of the car, and off we went.

After we got home, JR took all the stuff down from the attic to decorate the tree. Eli thought it was really strange that there was a tree in the living room. He kept pointing at it and saying "Ah, ah." Which I guess means, "Why is there a tree in the living room, mom?" Eli and I had to go to the store in the meantime, so JR did the lights and the garland while we were gone. After we got back, we hung up the ornaments. We made sure to tell Eli right away that there was not to be any touching of the tree. He has done really well so far. It's only day 2.

On Sunday we woke up and hung the stockings. It's so exciting imagining how Christmas Day is going to go this year and in the future. I wonder if next year he'll understand who Santa is, or if he will be too young. Either way, I can't wait! I cleaned out his closet and playroom today in preparation for the new toys he'll be getting for Christmas. The playroom is looking a little bare now. It will be full again soon enough!

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