Christmas 2012 Pt 2

Christmas Eve James and I went to visit my good friends the Phillips in Cumming. It was so nice to be able to spend a couple of hours with them. Jessie and I are 2 days apart in age, and both married Joshuas and both have babies born in May named James. lol!

In the evening on Christmas Eve Joshua's family came over to celebrate. We have a tradition of eating breakfast for dinner, and I love that. It's so yummy!  I was trying to be flexible and keep James up a little later than normal so he could open his presents from Joshua's family.  He only lasted till about 7:30. He was a tired little guy. But he did open his presents from Mimi, his great grandma.

 

 

Christmas morning after James nursed we let him open his stocking, that way he could play with that stuff while I fixed his food.  All of his other presents were sitting out and he wanted to get into them so bad! It was cute.

 





After James ate breakfast we opened presents with him. We had to break up his present opening because he got tired and needed his morning nap. He got so many good presents from his grandma and grandpa, Joshua's parents.

 

 

After we finished opening presents with Joshua's parents we went to my grandparents house. We enjoyed a yummy lunch of prime rib, twice baked potatoes, green bean casserole, sunday salad, yeast rolls, and mema's chocolate cake. We always have the same exact meal every year. I love it. It's probably my favorite part of the day! James was happy throughout the day, but was over opening presents, so he didn't help open anything.

 



Christmas night Joshua's family got together again, and yes we were expected to be there.  We had another meal of prime rib. We get almost the same exact meal twice in one day. 

Overall Christmas was a success! It was fun to watch James experience everything.  I know that it was hard on him to be passed around so much and have his schedule messed up by all the gatherings.  But he did so good! 

Christmas 2012 Pt1

We left for GA on December 19th, and were there until the 31st.  I love seeing our family and friends, but was very ready to come back to KY by the end of the trip.  I felt like all we did was drive around and see people the whole time we were there, and we didn't even see everyone. James and I are going back in February for 2 weeks, and I plan on staying with my parents and letting people that want to see us come to us. I'm not driving all over the state!

On the 22nd we had James' Christmas pictures taken. He did so well for them. I love how they turned out. Amber Lopez Photography does such a good job!

 

 

On the 23rd we had two celebrations to go to.  First was a get together with Josh's mom's side of the family.  We ate lunch with them and visited for about 2 hours, and then had to head to Cartersville for Brawner family Christmas. 

 

We always enjoy Brawner family Christmas. This year was the first time my grandparents have lived in GA in a long time. So two of my grandfathers kids were there with their kids.  It was a full house to say the least.  We do a "yankee swap" which is always interesting. I ended up with a Chick-fil-a calendar and a $10 gift card that came with it! Josh got a silver jewelry box.  Other items that were in the mix were a box of light bulbs, meet the parents on dvd, scratch off lottery tickets, jewelry, candles. The rules are that we aren't supposed to spend more than $15, so most people just wrap something that they already own.  We took a bottle of wine, and some stuff from bath and body works that I got for Christmas last year. 

 

 

 

Christmas part 2 coming up next