Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas

...you know, since I don't keep a decorated tree in my living room year round.

Since I'm not entirely sure how my IVF cycle will fall next month, and I'm not sure how I will be feeling, I've been trying to get ahead on Christmas a little bit.  I already started mixing and freezing a bunch of cookie dough for a baking weekend later in December.  And for the first time ever in my life, the tree is up and decorated before Thanksgiving:

I absolutely LOVE the Christmas season!