To be honest, I wasn't going to decorate for Christmas this year.

I've got my hands full and energy otherwise occupied this month.

And then there's the daunting thought of having to take it all down in a few weeks with a newborn.

But Wells is old enough to notice this year and I didn't want to bah-humbug her holiday so I felt a compromise was in order.

I decided to decorate the mantel and hang the stockings.

Matthew decided to put together our pre-lit Christmas tree.

But that's it.

No ornaments, no tinsel, no hours of clean-up come January.