This year, Christmas was very special for our family. We got to celebrate it with our very own baby boy. Although he won't remember it, we did our best to make it special.
A week before Christmas, we went over to Grandma Grace's house. We had a nice little get together with little Boston as our entertainment. It was so neat to have him share in the Christmas festivities for the first time.
We celebrated Christmas with my mom and step dad, Richard, on Christmas Eve. We exchanged gifts and ate a delicious traditional dinner. We had casseroles, dressing, baked apples, pies, pork, and honey glazed ham (with pineapples and cherries). Yum! Thanks Mom! Tim and I loved having everyone over to our house and Boston even sat at the table with us :).
That afternoon, we went to Christmas Eve service at Grace Community UMC. We go there every year and it was neat having little Boston with us. I think MomR especially enjoyed it, because she got to hold and love on Boston the entire time. He fussed a little, but I think he just wanted to move around.
photo from Boston's baptism 12-19-10
After that, Michelle (Aunt Shell) came over to help us start our new tradition for Boston. We made sugar cookies for Santa. They were complete with Christmas cookie cutters, frosting, and sprinkles. It was pretty fun. We decided that next year we will have to get more exciting stuff to decorate them with, like M&M's and more frosting colors. Regardless of the limited decorations, Santa still enjoyed them with a cold glass of milk ;).
Boston slept well that night (while visions of sugar plums danced in his head). Tim and I finished wrapping gifts and Santa came to visit and filled our stockings. Christmas day, we woke up and had our own little Christmas at home. I found out I'm pretty good at feeding Boston and unwrapping gifts at the same time :).
Next, we headed over to MomR & Dad's. MomR always makes a nice Christmas brunch with delicious sausage-cheese biscuits, cheese grits, egg casserole, bloody marys, and other goodies. We all made ourselves comfortable around the Christmas tree and we even skyped Sarah and Chad in Boston. They sat by their Christmas tree and we each took turns opening gifts. It was like they were there with us! We got to visit and just enjoy each other's company...my favorite part of Christmas.
After that, we headed to MawMaw and PawPaw Mooty's house. We were greeted with hugs and a house full of people. The house smelled delicious with both homeade chicken and sausage and seafood gumbo. It was delicious as usual and we stuffed ourselves with treats from the dessert table. We exchanged gifts with our "Secret" Santas and hung out. We watched Boston and Jalene Isabelle (born 3 days before Boston) play on a blanket and it was the cutest thing. We watched them move around, smile, "hold hands", and get frustrated when we got them to do some tummy time. Next year it will be lots of fun with them running around. Scott (Tim's brother) & Loren's baby Elijah (due in April) will be there too. It will be even more fun!
Sunday, we went over to Tim's parent's house. Stacy had tons of food waiting for us. We got full on yummy snacks then opened gifts. Boston got more gifts than anyone...GiGi and Pappy are spoiling him :). Boston had a stocking and even baby Elijah had one too! We ate Stacy's homeade Chicken Creole (also a tradition) and did more visiting.
Needless to say, it was the most wonderful time of the year. Our Christmas was very busy (as usual) and very nice. We feel so blessed to share this time with a wonderful family.
We hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!
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