New Tradition

This Christmas (well, the Christmas of a month ago), we decorated the tree and began a new ornament tradition. We got an ornament that represented each of us for the year, and those were the last ornaments to be hung on the tree.

2009 marked my first year as more than a brownie-maker in our house, so:


And this was the year that coffee became not just a tasty beverage, but an essential part of living for Dakota, so:


And of course, the year that Madeleine filled our lives and our home: