I love this time of year and its even more special this time around because we get to celebrate in the comfort of our own home.  I love decorating for the holidays and one of my favorite part of Christmas is putting up our tree.  Skyler also loves to decorate and finds so much joy in picking out all the decorations so I let him chose everything.  This year Skyler gets so excited when he sees anything gold.  When we go to the store and he spots something that is gold (like a shiny gold purse or a piggy bank) he yells "Yay its gold for childhood cancer!"  He really does believe that everything they make that is gold is specifically made just for bringing awareness to childhood cancer.  So this year when I asked him what kind of tree we should do I wasn't surprised when he told me he wanted a gold one for childhood cancer.  He helped me pick out all the gold ornaments and ribbon and put everything on the tree by himself.  It was so fun to watch him as he decorated and I couldn't help think back to where he was this time last year, laying in a hospital unable to move or talk.  It brings tears to my eyes everytime I think how far he has come and it makes me so much more grateful for the little things that we have.