Merry Christmas, everyone!
What a week it has been! We have had such a great Christmas season, filled with family, great food, new traditions, a really excited one year old, TONS of presents, and two very blessed parents.
We spent last weekend with my family in Dallas. I have a rather large family on my mom's side and we always have fun getting together on the Saturday before Christmas. We had a surprise party for my aunt, went to see Avatar, battled the Grapevine Mills mall and lost, played a precarious game of Wahoo!, visited my dad, step-mom, cousin, and granny, drank lots of coffee, and mostly just hung out. It was quite laid back and fabulous.
I spent Christmas Eve at the store tending to the last-minute customers (read: men) and even braved the grocery store to pick up a few last minute things (p.s. the store sales for December have almost DOUBLED last year. Are you kidding me? We are so blessed).
We planned to go to Christmas Eve service with Tom and Beth but the roads were a bit too icy for Dan's liking, not to mention all the services in town were cancelled because of the weather, so I made a veggie pizza and we wrapped presents and watched bull-riding. Not a tradition I plan to keep next year, but being together just the three of us was a fun treat.
Christmas morning we woke up and opened presents, let miss priss take her nap, then headed off to Nana and Papa's house for awesome food and presents o'plenty. It was such a great day and so fun to watch Grace get excited about the littlest things. I know she didn't understand everything, but she helped open most of her gifts and loved the tissue paper.
Here is our week in pictures:
Playing at Mimi's family Christmas
After she opened all of these, we found another 10 presents under the tree with her name on them. Round two of gifts came after her second nap.
Among her favorite gifts: an Elmo plane. The propellers in the front really spin! Thanks Aunt Kimmie!
Our yearly tradition. Dan and I sit on the couch whilst being surrounded by our gifts. We go around one by one and open presents for about three or four hours. I'm not joking. This year it only took us two because we had a short window while Grace was sleeping. Favorite gifts: a MASSIVE necklace with pearl beads, hand painted ornament, and checkered coat. 
The loot. How are we supposed to teach Grace the true meaning of Christmas when this is what we bring home? Only three boxes worth this year. Beth "did not go overboard." You be the judge.
Our favorite present of all 
Nana and Gracie girl
Surveying the loot.
What is this cold, wet stuff on my hand?
Her new chair with matching ottoman. What every one year old needs.
She had such a happy day. Merry Christmas, sweet pumpkin.
2 comments:
Merry Christmas! I hope that our girls can play together soon! T'would be fun! Miss y'all tons!
The big bow on her head is too cute! We have that same swing and it was also covered in snow. I wonder if that's a bad thing?
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