Christmas 2013 (Part 1)
Christmas has always been one of my favorites times of year (aside from the stress of trying to buy the perfect gifts and staying within a reasonable budget). The holidays to me represent time spent with the family, lots of laughing, and probably a bit too much eating and drinking! If I thought the holidays were fun before, it is so much more fun with children around (we do back off on the drinking a bit with the little ones around!). Andrew was only 3.5 months old last Christmas, so this Christmas was truly so much fun watching him take in all of the action.
Our holidays started off with a road trip to see the family in Memphis. Andrew was a trooper during the trip. We traveled down through Louisville and stayed overnight in a hotel to break up the drive, then we stopped at Opryland the next day to see all of the decorations. I think Andrew was more excited about getting to run around in the empty convention center than he was to see all of the decorations.
The Christmas celebrations always start on Christmas Eve at "Pappy's." This is my mom's side of the family, and we always have a great time. Andrew was really enamored by his cousins and of course the Mickey Mouse gifts.
Christmas Day is at my Aunt & Uncle's and used to be a very relaxing lunch followed by naps then presents. Now with the kids around, there isn't much napping (except if we can manage to get them down for a nap).
The festivities continue the day after Christmas with more gifts and family time.
By this point, we are all starting to get a little tired of the holidays, Edie's look pretty much sums it up :)
