These pictures are from Christmas morning at A's sister's house and she has a little boy that is 18 months old. S and K both loved the little bike he got! We then went to A's parent's house to visit with everyone and all the cousins were there to open presents from Grandma and Grandpa together.
We had a wonderful Christmas this year visiting A's parents and some of his siblings and their families. It was fun for S and K to spend time with new cousins they had never met before and older cousins that only S could remember if he had a super memory at 14 months (that was the last time he had seen them). We spent a lot of time eating, playing games, talking, laughing, shopping and just enjoying time together. We are truly looking forward to more time with all of A's immediate family this summer for their every 2 year family reunion. S and K were great traveling on the plane (I would say just K got restless since he doesn't have his own seat yet) S LOVED the airport and the planes and flying on one! They both did really well adjusting to all of us sleeping in one room every night of our trip and the late nights. What we really loved was sleeping in with them in the morning since they would be so tired from the night before. We got to sleep past 9:00 am most days because they were still sleeping too! I haven't seen those times since college! So even though it was busy, we still got to relax somewhat too. Seeing everyone made me miss them more. It would be so much fun to live closer to A's family. Here is a bunch of pictures with no captions, (sorry) but it was truly a memorable Christmas.
All those pictures were from Christmas Eve. I didn't get a lot of pictures of the nativity we acted out, but S really loved wearing that scarf on his head for a shepherd. He would get sad and cry if it fell off. We all got a good laugh from him!
This will begin a series of "catching up" posts. S and I got to go to Christmas village in the town I grew up in and my mom was able to watch K for me. (K probably would have enjoyed it too, but it was nice to do something special with just S) We never got to see Santa because the line was really long (probably about a 2 hour wait), but we got to see the elves workshop, reindeer, and Santa's sleigh. We had a great time and hopefully we can plan in right for next year and see Santa and hopefully he will like Santa more by then too! :0)