The week before Christmas seemed to fly by. It was filled with Christmas Mickey on repeat, lots of last minute wrapping, delivering our Christmas cookies to neighbors, and enjoying Chris' long weekend by spending lots of time with each other.
Christmas Eve we got all dolled up and went to church with my family and Chris' mom. Liv, was very good and was fist bumping the secret service in the vestibule...too funny..
After church we went to a local Italian restaurant that we've gone to every year. We enjoyed great food, good wine and laughter. We missed my mom at dinner, wasn't the same without her. She was having a very hard time, and didn't think she could sit through dinner.
After dinner we came home and Olivia opened her first present, Christmas jammies that Santa dropped off early! Then we went to bed and waited to see if Santa would come and bring his goodies.
And come he did! We were all as spoiled as ever. When we woke up, we waited for my parents and Chris's mom to come over so we could begin the festivities. Olivia opened her presents and Chris and I exchanged gifts. After a quick break my siblings came and we started the second round of presents. Then after a wonderfully delish brunch that my mom made {breakfast casserole, cinnamon rolls, and cheesy english muffins} we started round three with Chris' brother, sister-in-law, and sister.
After a quick nap, power clean, and change of clothes we were off to Chris' aunts to see his side of the family and have a late lunch. It was great to see Olivia play and interact with her older cousins. She so looks up to "big kids". By this point in the day, Liv completely understood the gift gig and was all ready to go when the present time came.
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| livvy got a big girl potty! And then we were off again, back to our house for yet another meal and more gifts. This time it was my grandparents, his mom and sis, and my parents. My mom was nice enough to start dinner for us so it was in the oven when we got home. Olivia was so tired by this point she kept stopping what she was doing and closing her eyes for about 15 seconds. I kept thinking she was going to fall asleep standing up. After we opened gifts from my grandparents, we whisked her upstairs and tucked her in tight for a long nights sleep. |
At the end of the day, I think it was a very successful Christmas. We all seemed to enjoy watching the magic of Christmas through Olivia's eyes. And all the drama I was afraid of between my parents, it wasn't as bad as I had feared.
