Merry Christmas!!!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve day and Christmas Day. We did not do very much during the day of Christmas Eve, aside from braving the crowds at the grocery store. Bry was feeling a bit under the weather so I took the little boys and ventured off on my own. All in all, it really was not bad. We went around 4:00 and it wasn’t too crowded and everyone was very nice. Bry even had the house all vacuumed when I got home – wonderful husband!

We went to the Baker Christmas Eve party in the evening and got to chase Andrew around the house amidst visiting with a smorgasbord of brothers, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc… We had a fun time and snuck out around 8 to get the kids home and do our family Christmas Eve festivities. We bathed the boys, read Twas the Night Before Christmas, read Luke 2 and put the kids down for the night….well, kinda.  Carter decided he wanted to stay up for another hour or two – his schedule has been  off these past couple days. He even was so sweet as to spit up a significant amount on me and all over his new Christmas jammies. It was imperative he wear them for Christmas morning so I made sure to do a load of laundry that night as well, added to the sweet potatoes to prepare, the french toast casserole to get in the fridge, and the kitchen and front room to clean up before hitting the pillow well after midnight!

Santa came and oh boy did he have some fun stuff to bring!

The boys scored big time. They opened Disney movies, a train set (Andrew’s favorite!), shake n’ go cars, USC shirts, teethers, ABC alphabet pal, and new loofas for the bath! Poor Carter was so tired during the opening of presents and was ready for his morning nap. What a trooper! We had stuffed french toast casserole with blueberries and homemade syrup for breakfast and oh boy was it divine!!!!!

Later in the morning we headed to my mom and dad’s for more breakfast and to spend the day. Breakfast was all ready when we got there and it was quite the feast. Following, we opened gifts, which is always fun. Dad and Mom are so thoughtful and I so appreciate all they do and give!!! 

Every year we get an ornament from Dad and Mom – it is always fun to see what kind it will be and every year they are so different. I LOVE the ones they did this year. Bry took a great shot of the one we got. 

Carter got a very soft blankie that he snuggled right up in. Is he not just a dream to look it – what a beautiful boy!!

 

 

Following the gifts we all sat down to watch Horton Hears a Who – I got to see most of the movie when I was not referee for the children and I really liked it.  It is a very cute movie with a great message!!! We then all went for a walk to get out of the house. It was so nice and cool, but the sprinkling of rain hurried the walk right along and we got back to get ready for dinner. 

We had quite the feast of ham, gravy, rolls, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans and corn, jell-o, grapes, fruit dip, and sparkling cider. Yum-a-Lum!!!!! Of course, my sweet Andrew and the anti-food child that he is had some ever so nutritious jell-o followed by key lime pie yogurt.

No Osmun dinner is complete without a little food flinging. Rich was threatening a spoonful of sweet potatoes at Shelley. She got tired of anticipating the flying food so she flung a deviled egg at him and got him good. The potatoes kind of sprayed when they were flying through the air, but successfully splattered all over Shell. It was pretty fun to watch!

  Merry Christmas!!!!!!!