And now for the “merry” part
As I mentioned in my last post, our Christmas wasn’t all joy and festivities, but it was still a Merry Christmas.
There was no traveling this year (which was wonderful since we all ended up sick), so everyone came to see us. My parents came in on Christmas day and spent a few days. The kids enjoyed having Bebe and Grandrad around, and it sure helped me out since Matt was out of commission. The Friday after Christmas my brother and his family drove down for the day. And then, the Sunday after Christmas, Matt’s parents came and stayed for a couple of days.
Little was all about the presents this year. It was the first year she’s really been old enough to understand what was going on, and, boy, did she understand the presents. We opened a few gifts from friends here and there in the days prior to Christmas, but having several gifts to open on Christmas morning made her day (even though at one point she told me to take her presents back to the store. whaa??). Every time someone new came into the house she asked about presents. She was thrilled when my parents came and brought gifts from them and from my extended family, and again when Matt’s parents showed up bearing gifts.
Baby Buddy was fairly oblivious to the whole thing. The longer the Christmas tree was up the more interested he became, and he enjoyed the paper and boxes, but Little actually played with his new toys much more than he did.
We (or I, at least) enjoyed spending the holiday with my family. Since we don’t see my brother and his family very often it was fun to hang out with them for the day, and I’m very thankful that they made the effort to come see us.
By the time Matt’s parents arrived on Sunday he was feeling better and was more able to enjoy the company. We had a wonderful visit with them and were sad to see them go when they left on Tuesday. The kids loved seeing Nana and Pops and we’re looking forward to the next time we can get together (whenever that might be).
We had lots of gifts, lots of food, lots of company, and lots of fun during the holidays, but we were, as always, glad to get back into a bit of a “normal” groove afterwards. I love Christmas, so it’s always a little sad to see it pass, but now we can start the countdown to Christmas 2009, right?






