Christmas 2014 Recap

Christmas Eve

Well it was quite a hectic Christmas.  I felt like Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn in Four Christmases as we traveled from one household to the next this holiday season.  There was some comfort knowing this is the last Christmas to run around since next year we will have a little one.  Randy and I decided to open Christmas Eve morning since the schedule was jam packed.  This was by far the best decision otherwise we may have never found the time to exchange gifts.  Christmas Eve we traveled to North Jersey in the pouring rain to spend the day with Randy's sisters family.  They do the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes but since there are so many courses, dinner isn't usually served until 10:00pm, which I have never made until this year. I am pretty sure we rolled out of there at least 5 lbs heavier than when we arrived.

Here is a video of the most amazing house in my sister-in-laws neighborhood.  Every year I look forward to seeing their beautiful lights.

After dinner on Christmas Eve, we made the trek back home but decided to stay at my sisters in order to be there when the kids woke up Christmas morning.  Nothing like going to bed at 2am and waking up at 6:45 to my nephew about ready to jump out of his skin with excitement that Santa had come. 
Around 11, we all went to my parents to exchange gifts.  My father is a big kid at heart so he was chomping at the bit to open presents. By early afternoon, this pregnant momma needed a nap.  I slept right up until dinner time at which point we headed back to my sisters.

My father bought Miss Olivia her first bike.  I got very emotional over this one b/c he said he might not be around when she is old enough to ride it but wanted to make sure he had gotten it for her.  I love his thoughtfulness but could kill him to talking that way.  He better be here to teach her to ride in 4-5 years. 

Thank goodness for having Friday off in order to regroup.  However, I took the quiet time by myself while Randy was mountain biking to organize our upstairs in preparation for baby.  I was a mad woman on a mission rearranging closets, washing baby things, and moving all my husbands things our of the baby's room.  Currently, he thinks her room is his personal closet, which is driving me crazy as I am in full blown nesting mode.

Saturday, we celebrated Christmas again at Randy's mothers since his 90 year old Grandmother was in town.  One would never guess her age since she is so hip.  At our wedding rehearsal, she was talking about twerking.  Let alone she goes nowhere without her iPad, which she can probably navigate better than me. 

Here is the infinity scarf I crocheted as a Christmas gift for Randy's dads wife.  Not to shabby for the second thing I have ever crocheted.

Finally yesterday I hosted Christmas for Randy's dad at our house with a luncheon.  There is no doubt that the holidays are absolutely exhausting, even more so when you're almost 7 months pregnant.  Even with all the traveling, the holiday still seemed to fly by.  While I enjoyed the unusually warm temps of 50-60 degrees, it didn't feel quite like Christmas without snow.

Crazy to think that next year we will have 3 stockings hung by the fireplace.