Christmas Blues

In September?! Well, the last day of September so…in October? Yes! I have the Christmas blues already. Why you might ask? Well after thinking and talking with my husband about it, we are not going to be decorating for Christmas this year.

Now, in order to fully understand to the extent I decorate with you need to know how many bins of Christmas decorations I have. That number my friends it 14. Yes 14 bins of ONLY Christmas stuff. I am not talking about little bins either, but the huge size. I am obsessed with decorating. I love Christmas lights and could probably light the block with as many as I use. Plus most of the decorations are hand-me-downs and hold sentential value to me as well.

You might all be wondering if I love Christmas so much, why would I not be decorating this year? Well here it goes: the day after Thanksgiving is the day I decorate for Christmas. On that day I will be 31w 1d along with my little girl. I usually undecorate around January 13 or so and at that point in time I will be 38w pregnant. See the frustration? Plus, what id the baby comes early? The house will not be put together and I will need to undecorate as well as take care of a newborn.

Now, I know what you all are thinking, why not just let my husband do it all for me. That would be a wonderful idea…if he did it right. I decorate in a specific way and pack things in the tubs when I put them away in a very specific way. I fear he would cause havoc and chaos and I would not be able to stand it (OCD ALERT!). I can only imagine how many broken items we would have by the time he was done.

I cannot just have a house with nothing at all Christmasy in it,  so I have a plan. My plan is to get a small tree (we are talking only 2-4ft tall here) that is pre-lit and just by a few bulbs for it. As it may not be the best or the most fun idea, in the end I think it will be for the best. Next Christmas, the baby will be almost one and I am sure I will go all out. But this year, with just me, my husband, and the 2 dogs, who do I need to go all out for? Sad but true.

Does anyone have some home Christmas crafts they know of? Maybe I could do that route! I will need to look up some fast and easy crafts that I can complete. Ideas are greatly welcome! Maybe I could make the baby an ornament. Hmmm….ideas?!

Anyone else having a baby around Christmas? Are you going to decorate?