1 dec: the beginning

Being the mood-of-the-moment blogger that I am, I’ve never been one to follow themes/link parties as much as I would like to 😡

But since it’s December and it being my favourite month of the year (even more so that my birthday month, ah hah!), thought I’d do my darnest to keep to something before 2012 ends. After all, it has been more good than bad to me. 🙂 So here’s joining MamaJ in the linky party on being thankful!

I love beginnings. A brand new day. A brand new month. A brand new year.

I love new slates. It somehow makes everything bad go away and feel okay, even if the month before had some s**t moments like how end Nov was to me just a week ago.

And December? The beginning of the last month of the year always gives me a rush of adrenalin. The month seems shorter, everyone seems merrier, and my favourite tunes and voices gets played a lot. There’s an impetus to ensure all’s been done for the year before resting one’s laurels, with time for reflections & resolutions in between. And oh the parties! I love parties!

Was it just 2 Decembers ago that I was in low spirits, wondering if we’ll ever grow our family of 2 and get to celebrate christmas with a +1?

And just 1 December ago when our little +1 was making his entrance at every christmas party à la the bump aka. jelly belly?

{chungkin’s bump + christmas presents, dec 2011}

This December kicked off really nicely.

We picked out a pretty little (space constrained with the toys of the moment) fir tree that filled fresh air with sweet nectar as this year’s christmas tree for the home, and the little man was absolutely thrilled during tree selection – reaching out his little arms to do his whole touch-and-feel phase of the moment with *almost* every tree we brushed past.