Christmas Eve-
Michael had the day off. I honestly can't really remember what we did during the day. My family traditionally has clam chowder for dinner. But neither of us wanted all those leftovers so we opted for a personal favorite, Zuppa Tuscana. Plus it has sentimental meaning since we served it at our wedding reception. That night the boys got new pjs. Collin's were actually last year's from Boppi, but this year they actually fit ;) Collin wanted to see Christmas lights so we drove around our soon to be neighborhood in our pj's to see the lights. And then came home for the Nativity, acted out by our Little People set, and the Night Before Christmas reading. Then we left cookies (I was smart and froze gingerbread cookies when we made them earlier in the month) and milk and a note for Santa.
Santa and Bernard left a note and really enjoyed the cookies! ;)
Christmas Day:
Collin woke up pretty early with a cough (we didn't think anything of it at the time) and we all snuggled in bed for a bit before venturing to the tree. I grew up opening stockings, eating breakfast, enjoying the day, eating dinner, doing the dishes and then finally opening the gifts under the tree. Michael is not a fan of that tradition, and with nap time waiting so long to do gifts just isn't practical. So we did a modified version. Stockings and then breakfast (we made a full recipe of my family's Christmas breakfast casserole and biscuits. We were eating leftovers for days! Next year we will probably half it, maybe even quarter it!). After breakfast we opened presents under the tree. Then we hurried to get ready to enjoy chicken salad sandwiches at the beach. As long as we live close to the beach we want to keep this tradition! It was so much fun and we practically had the place to ourselves. Then it was home for baths and naps. After naps it was time to video chat with Michael's family and then with mine. We then joined our good friend's the Wilcox's for Christmas dinner. Someday I want to establish our own traditional dinner but for now with young kids this was great. We split the work load and didn't have loads of leftovers and got to enjoy some adult conversation. Win Win! All in all it was the perfect day! I was worried since we weren't celebrating with family that there would be too much down time and we would feel lonely and bored and it would be too much like a normal day. But we ended up having plenty to fill the day, with little time in between all the activities we had planned.
Derrick slept his way through most of the festivities
He did open at least one gift. Collin didn't complain about filling in for him on the other ones.
He did wake up for some of the fun.
The boys made headbands with the ribbons
We kept with tradition and gave Derrick his special toy for his first Christmas. (Collin got Bruno on his first Christmas). If we really keep with tradition it will be called Waldo, but his tag says Slowpoke which I think is really cute. We'll see what Derrick decides someday! He also got his first ornament for his collection. The soft little sock monkey seemed fitting for a little baby.
Collin loves pretending to play different instruments we thought it was fitting he get his own little piano.
The aftermath! I was surprised at the mess we made. Can't even imagine what it will be like as the boys get older and we add more kids to the bunch! We were definitely spoiled by family!
Family Selfie. It was a warm but very hazy day.
Super dad carrying both boys!
Collin remembered taking pictures here with Boppi a few weeks before and insisted on another one.
I made this fun veggie tray for dinner. We also made a raspberry pretzel jello salad and rolls.
This was one of those "its all fun and games until someone gets hurt" instances. But it was hilarious while it lasted!
The end of our Christmas day was quite eventful. Like I said before Collin woke up coughing pretty early that morning. He was acting fairly normal throughout the day. However after nap he was pretty mellow/grumpy. We chalked it up to just so much excitement and Michael getting him as soon as he started stirring so he could talk to family. After dinner he and Ashton were running around playing and we was getting pretty sweaty (not unusual for him) but it was definitely making him cough more. We hurried home, I took him into a steamy bathroom before bed and we got the humidifier going. He went to sleep but woke up around 11 and this time it was pretty serious. He was wheezing and really struggling to breath. We called the pedi and she urged us to take him in. We said a family prayer and off he and Michael went to the ER. Broke my heart to see him go and he wasn't very happy that Mommy wasn't coming too. I texted some family to keep him in their prayers. At the ER they gave him a couple breathing treatments to open up the lungs, and did a chest x-ray. Everything came back clear and determined it was just a bad virus. What was so weird was how quickly he came down with it. I don't even remember him having a runny nose before which is usually how his coughs start. Anyway they got home around 2 and so began one long month of sickness...which deserves its own post!
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