Our Christmas was wonderful, as I am sure all of yours was too. I am just going to blog some if the highlights of our two days of family and
food. Christmas eve started at our home with tons of baking done by me. I made a bunch of candy and cookies and two casseroles of funeral potatoes for two different dinners. We left our house around 2:30 and dropped off all the food at my parent's house. We drove to Carmichael to visit Seth's fraternal grandmother. She is 96 and has no idea who we are, but I don't have any pictures of her with the kids and sadly, who knows how long she will be around. Seth's parents weren't there yet so we hung out with his Aunt until his parents arrived. The kids were being awful because there is nothing for them to play with there and it isn't a kid proof home. Grandma finally woke up and we decide
d to take some quick pictures before the kids destroyed the house. Grandma didn't want to sit up, but we eventually got her too. Abram was crying because he didn't want to be held by his dad, so Grandma, who has dementia and is a little cranky in her old age, tried to shut him up for us. She tried smacking him a couple of times, which we all thought was hilarious, but Abram wasn't too thrilled with. We got him to calm down and him and Scarlett took a picture with her. We left and headed to my parents house, where we cooked some more and waited for the rest of the family. My dad spoiled us all with two sushi boats from Mikuni which were fabulous. Don't worry, I didn't eat any with raw fish, although it was really tempting. We watched Elf right before bed and Abram gave us the play by play. He loves the movie and was telling us what the funny parts were and what was going to happen next. He passed out on the floor about half way through the movie. I went to bed pretty early, and was joined by Seth and Scarlett a littl
e later.
food. Christmas eve started at our home with tons of baking done by me. I made a bunch of candy and cookies and two casseroles of funeral potatoes for two different dinners. We left our house around 2:30 and dropped off all the food at my parent's house. We drove to Carmichael to visit Seth's fraternal grandmother. She is 96 and has no idea who we are, but I don't have any pictures of her with the kids and sadly, who knows how long she will be around. Seth's parents weren't there yet so we hung out with his Aunt until his parents arrived. The kids were being awful because there is nothing for them to play with there and it isn't a kid proof home. Grandma finally woke up and we decide
d to take some quick pictures before the kids destroyed the house. Grandma didn't want to sit up, but we eventually got her too. Abram was crying because he didn't want to be held by his dad, so Grandma, who has dementia and is a little cranky in her old age, tried to shut him up for us. She tried smacking him a couple of times, which we all thought was hilarious, but Abram wasn't too thrilled with. We got him to calm down and him and Scarlett took a picture with her. We left and headed to my parents house, where we cooked some more and waited for the rest of the family. My dad spoiled us all with two sushi boats from Mikuni which were fabulous. Don't worry, I didn't eat any with raw fish, although it was really tempting. We watched Elf right before bed and Abram gave us the play by play. He loves the movie and was telling us what the funny parts were and what was going to happen next. He passed out on the floor about half way through the movie. I went to bed pretty early, and was joined by Seth and Scarlett a littl
e later.Christmas morning we were awaking by the smells of my moms breakfast. So good, so we waited at the top of the stairs till my dad turned on the Christmas music (family tradition) and then headed down to an overwhelming amount of presents. There were so many it was ridiculous. I think my mom got the best gift though. My dad bought her an Iphone, but she has no idea how to use it. So we opened presents, then ate, then went to my grandmas and ate some more. Then opened some more presents, then we went to Seth's parents, and ate and opened some more presents. It was a very filling day and I think I gained all the weight my Dr. was worried that I hadn't gained yet. The kids had a wonderful tim
e and got everything they wanted, despite Seth and I's request to keep the presents at a minimum because we need all the space we can find in our house. I hope everyone else had a fantastic Christmas and remembered the spirit of the season.
e and got everything they wanted, despite Seth and I's request to keep the presents at a minimum because we need all the space we can find in our house. I hope everyone else had a fantastic Christmas and remembered the spirit of the season. Now I just have New Years and Scarlett's birthday and after that my life will be devoted to prepping for these two little guys that are coming in the spring. Oh, by the way, they now weigh 1lb 3 oz and 1 lb 2 oz, and are right on track for growth, but do have long legs just like their daddy and Sissy Scarlett. We still don't have any names picked out. We just can't seem to agree. Hopefully they will be named before or shortly after their birth and won't have to be referred to as Baby A and Baby B in their adult life.
