Tis the Season

These posts are much too late, but better late than never. I am realizing that my 2009 blog book needs to be started, as well as so many other things on my to do list. A pregnant mommy is sure busy with two little boys, moving, and working.

What a wonderful Christmas season we had! We had so much fun with family and enjoying time together celebrating the beautiful holiday of Christ's birth.

Bry (and Carter) put up lights on the house. This was the first year that we actually had a house to put lights on and it was wonderful. Christmas lights were a highlight for the little boys this year. We would take frequent walks around the neighborhood to soak it all in. We had some fantastic houses around here!

We tracked down a good deal on a bigger fake Christmas tree on Black Friday and decorated it as a family. I love the tradition of getting a new ornament every year from my parents. It is so much fun to decorate and recall past Christmases. I would love to tho this for our kids. Next year we are playing catch up and will then continue on the tradition with our sweet little family.

We had early Christmas with Bryan's parents when they were out to visit. It was so much fun to see the boy so excited for new things to play with! Carter especially loved the new hand puppets and Drew is still attached to his trumpet.

My parents came out for Christmas and we had SO much fun. My boys just love to spend time with Grammy and Poppie. We went out to dinner together and had a wonderful, delicious meal. When is Red Robin ever anything but wonderful! **We will completely ignore the fiasco with Andrew before sitting down for the food while trying to peel him away from the arcade games in the front. I will not even mention the long, tear filled minutes I spent outside with him waiting for him to calm down so we could go eat...or that Bry had to take a shift with me so I could go order....no, we will not talk about that. Note to self - AVOID restaurants with arcade games in the future!**

Lainy was SO funny with her ketchup. I think she refilled her little pile of ketchup after every bite of corn dog. It was quite entertaining. She is such a funny girl.

My dad watched the boys during their nap time while my mom and I headed to the grocery store. Apparently Drew didn't fall asleep and he sweet talked my dad into letting him lay on the couch. Andrew just adores his Poppie...and you can tell the feeling is mutual.

We had Christmas Even dinner with Julia and family, Shell and Rich, and Mom and Dad. It was a yummy meal of stuffed shells, fun, and time together. I was sad we had to leave early and miss the live nativity together, but we had to be sure to attend the big Baker dessert gathering. It was so much fun to see so much family all in one night!

We have a tradition of new jammies on Christmas Eve. I LOVE the soft, warm, snuggly jammies for the boys. We splurge once a year and get nice jammies and the boys just love them. They are just so soft and warm. Did I mention how soft they are?? Seriously...you can't help but give the little munchkins a nice squish when they wear these.

The night ended with the boys getting ready for bed and.....who would have thought we could hear Santa coming!!!! Andrew could hear his jingle bells right outside his window and a hefty, jolly "ho ho ho". I thought Drew was going to jump out of his skin with excitement! I am not sure he understands the whole being good to get presents and sleeping so Santa can come...and that you can wake up earlier to see what he brought .I am afraid next year our Christmases will begin a bit earlier than the normal 8:00 wake up time around here.

The boys have so much fun. Andrew was in love with his new play clothes, especially the fire man outfit and the masks. Carter was quite content to just play with the ball that lights up when you throw it.

We did Christmas dinner at our house and we had quite the full table. We were so grateful to have a close friend of ours, Manny and his two adorable girls with us. The food and company were just perfect! I think Drew pretty much sums up how we all felt after dinner.

After dinner the boys took naps and us girls decided to head out for a walk (even though I think we really all wanted to take naps!) My mom snapped this shot of us all leaving and I think it is just too funny.

Later on the evening we did our family gifts. We did a sibling gift exchange this year and as a new tradition the "kids" in the Osmun family made a calendar for Mom and Dad. It was so fun to put together and I think they love it!

We had a wonderful holiday season filled with so many precious moments and new wonderful memories. I love Christmas and look forward to many more to come.