Christmas Recap

I realized I never posted about our Christmas; I guess I had a little more going on lately. :)  This year Christmas was a little different than the years past.  This was the first year (minus one in college) that I did not spend Christmas Eve/Morning with my family. 

The weekend before Christmas, Brian and I headed to Alabama for the Montgomery Christmas and Christmas with my family.  We decided to do Christmas early this year since we were not sure when Zoey would arrive or the face she would be arriving on the 27th.  It was great seeing all my aunts, uncles, and cousins.  This time of year is really the only time we all get together, unless it’s for a wedding.  Having a large family is one of my favorite things about my Mom’s side of the family; I cannot wait for Zoey to be old enough to run around with all her cousins. 

Saturday night, we had a low key family Christmas with my family.  The girls were all excited about opening gifts and watching us all open ours.  Zoey even got a few gifts herself.

A few pictures from the night.

Brian and I had planned out all what we were going to do this Christmas since Zoey was not “scheduled” to be here until after Christmas.  Christmas Eve we were planning on spending the day in our pjs, drinking hot cider, opening our new Christmas pjs, and going to look at lights that night.  Christmas day we had planned on opening gifts, going to church, eating lunch at Cracker Barrel, and enjoying our first and only Christmas with just the two of us at home. 

Well, as you are now aware, those plans were changed a little bit due to Miss Zoey arriving early!  Throw in Brian coming down with the stomach virus early Friday morning, I was starting to get a little down and lonely.  (Mom had left Friday to go back home and I was left alone for the first time with Zoey and a very sick husband who I was trying to avoid so I would not come down with the stomach virus.) Thankfully by Saturday morning, Brian’s fever had broken and he was feeling much better.

We were still able to do all our plans; just an added bonus of Zoey being with us.  I had already decided weeks before that if she did happen to arrive before Christmas, we were not going to do a big Christmas for her this year; next year would be her “first” Christmas.  Saturday, we spent the day in our pjs.  It was great.  We opened our new Christmas pjs (one of our traditions) and got ready to look at lights.  Zoey even got her first pair of Christmas pjs.  She did great riding around looking at lights.  Sunday morning we got up and opened gifts.  We let Zoey open her first before we got into ours.  Even if it wasn’t the Christmas I had planned out, it was wonderful!  Here are a few pictures from our first Christmas at home and as a family of three! Oh!  I forgot to mention a new Christmas tradition we started this year; Brian in the pink bunny pjs!