It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Baby Katea's nurse Anjanette made this adorable santa hat and leg warmers, just for her.  She's a bit spoiled by all her nurses!  They love her just as much as she loves them!

We finally made time to put up our Christmas decorations, thanks to my three little helpers!  All the Christmas vinyl is up...

Our tree is up and decorated!

One of the parent support people, and our good friend Tricia made this adorable Christmas name tag to hang on baby's bed...

Even Baby Katea has her own little Christmas tree...

We bought a little angel ornament for baby Katea's tree....just a reminder of her twin sister baby Cindy!  We'll put it on our tree every year, from now on...

The NICU let all parents be part of their Christmas celebration by letting all of us bring one ornament to adorn the Christmas tree in their lobby.....when we went to look for one, Ova picked this one, and it's absolutely perfect for the NICU tree!

When we were looking for the ornament for the NICU tree, Ova found this one....that totally made me cry.  We bought it and put it on our tree at home....it will also be one that we use every year from now on....always remembering baby Cindy!

Christmas is just around the corner....I can't believe it's only 10 days away.  This year feels different to me, I don't really feel like it's the holidays......maybe because it's not snowing yet, maybe because my little family is not all together, maybe because I didn't go black Friday shopping, maybe because I haven't bought one single thing yet......maybe a little bit of everything.   My neice Lote called me the other day and asked what I wanted for Christmas....she said she had to do a report for her class on what most people are asking for during this season....she wanted me to tell her something materialistic...something that can be bought from the store....but to be honest, I don't want anything that can be bought from the store....all I want for Christmas is for my baby Katea to continue to grow and progress so that we can all be together as a family sometime soon....that's all I really want!

I am, however extremely grateful during this holiday season.....grateful for my little family, my wonderful husband and all my kids....grateful for my parents and siblings....grateful for everything we have already been blessed with...home, vehicles, food, etc....grateful for Ova's job....grateful for Gramma Tea and everything she does....grateful for miracles, because they really do happen!  Grateful for the NICU staff, especially our primary nurses.....we LOVE each of them so much and are so grateful for everything they do for our precious baby girl, and for us.....grateful for all our family, friends and even strangers who have shown their love and blessed our lives.  We are blessed, we know we are....and we are so grateful!  I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday season!