christmas baby

Today I bring you a veritable feast for the eyes that is sure to bring a smile to your face. You know those baby pictures that your parents took of you that they brought out every time you started dating someone seriously? My parents had a picture of me lying on my tummy in my birthday suit on a black couch. For whatever reason they thought it was adorable, sweet, endearing. Okay, I admit it, it kind of was. But, I didn't think so at the time. Just think what could be done with these adorable shots:

Rudolph

Osh Kosh Oh My Gosh

Pretty as a bow

Wake me when it's time to go

I'm in lights!

No jacket required

Are we done yet?

Christmas stockings form a very important tradition for your family. Your baby's first Christmas should signal the start of a new tradition: get him or her their own Christmas stocking.

But how do you make sure that you get the perfect Christmas stocking for your baby? It's actually very simple.

1. Take note of the decoration. It may be his or her first Christmas, but the stocking will be used for many years to come. As such, it will be best to have a design that may still work when he or she is a little bit older. It might be a good idea to have something universal and eternal when it comes to design. Dora the Explorer might be a big hit now, but you'd never know how popular she would be in the next two to three years. Better opt for designs such as Santa Claus or a teddy bear.

2. Personalize it! Nothing says it best than a personalized stocking. Especially when you have more than one kid, names on the stocking will help you get through the confusion when stuffing time comes. Also, it will make a nice keepsake when it's time to retire an old stocking for a new one. You could include the old stocking in your baby's scrapbook.

3. Make it or buy it? There are a lot of stores that sell Christmas stockings. You also have the option to make it yourself. But whatever you go with, make sure that the final product is both beautiful and durable.

4. What to fill it with? Make sure that your stocking fillers are age appropriate. A good idea for stocking stuffers include baby essentials such pacifiers, teething rings. Or you could surprise your baby with a rattle or a stuffed toy.

Having a new addition to the family is always an exciting thing, but it is more so during Christmas time. It not only allows you to start or continue a family tradition, but it will help build memories for your family.

Children have always been the best reason to celebrate Christmas. In every household, it is the children who are the most excited for the coming holiday season. Some even say that Christmas is the time for kids, with TV stations putting out kid-friendly programs for their holiday programming, stores selling their best wares for kids, Schools close for the Christmas vacation, seriously lengthy play time and basically the whole world feeling like a child again.

Children around the world have treasured the Christmas season, which is the time that they get rewarded for being nice. They get gifts from their parents, friends and other family members. At no other time of the year, except for their birthdays, do they get so many toys, money, and other gifts.

Spending your Christmas with your children is one of the best gifts you can ever give and receive. You want to make it extra special for them, because it is in their eyes that you see the magic of Christmas.

This is especially true if it is their first Christmas. How exactly do you celebrate Christmas with the latest addition to your family: your baby? Well, by setting up a tradition, of course!

Christmas traditions are great ways to keep Christmas in your family unique and exciting. You could host a Christmas lunch or dinner and invite close friends and family over. You could introduce your baby to them during this.

You could put up Christmas decorations that depicts the whole family. Personalized Christmas ornaments for your tree featuring the whole family, or each member in different ornaments.

Or you could give everybody in the family their own personalized Christmas stocking. It would be great to have everybody's stockings line up on the chimney. Do not forget the littlest one though.

MerryStockings.com has a new line of personalized Christmas stockings that is perfect for your baby's first Christmas. Make his or her first Christmas memorable with these beautiful white velvet with gingham trims stocking that may be embroidered with your baby's name. This would be a great keepsake for the momentous moment in his or her life!