I love Christmas, in case you didn't know that. Unfortunately with a six month old it is exhausting. We had a great time but we were all beat by the 26th. We began by heading down to my folks to spend the 23rd and 24th with mom, dad, sis, Cliff and some friends. On the 23rd us ladies headed out to a Cookie Exchange put on by Ericka and Laura, such fun but a bit too much champagne. Lizzy was a champ but had about enough by 8pm.
The 24th we did a bit of last minute Christmas shopping, grabbed Sushi Town for lunch and came home and rested a bit (by the way it was the perfect time to shop at Target, it was empty!). That evening we made our way to church at 4pm and oops ... the time was incorrect on their website ... so we headed to another church ... we got to church about 4:10pm and ended up having to sit in the narthex. The service was fine, what I heard of it, but I was irritated. Not exactly what I had in mind for Lizzy's first Christmas Eve service. I appreciated mom and Megan finding a service that wasn't at our normal 7pm time so that Lizzy would be awake for most of the Christmas festivities. However heading to a mega church and fighting a thousand people for a parking spot wasn't quite what I had in mind. Still, the message was good and it was wonderful to see so many people in church.
We made it home by 5:30pm and enjoyed our typical appetizers and drinks for opening gifts on Christmas Eve. It was fantastic, Lizzy was a champ and stayed up the entire time! She was thrilled with her gift from Cliff and Megan ... a Bright Start Activity Table! Too much fun ... although when Megan told me it was supposed to help her learn to walk, my first comment was great and when she starts walking I'm sending her to your house! Haha! We just started sitting up so I have a feeling we are a little bit away from walking, phewww.
After opening up stockings at my parents house on Christmas Day we made our way to the Swerk's. We enjoyed our typical Christmas breakfast with coffee cake and reese grins grit (not sure if that is how it is spelled but phonetically that is how it sounds!). It was delicious! We then opened stockings and on to presents. After a short break, Jennie went to pick up Grandma Gerd and Lizzy and I took a bit of a rest! That evening we enjoyed opening gifts with the Kosco's and Grandma Gerd and had a fabulous prime rib dinner. Delicious!
We did make it up and to church on the 26th but boy oh boy were we exhausted. I definitely will be sticking to my 'stay home for Christmas' mentality next year. Although I love our memories growing up and visiting the grandparents I do wish we could have woken up at our own home and hung out most of the day in pajamas playing with our new toys. I look forward to being able to do that with Elizabeth next year and in the years to come. It is wonderful that both families are so close and both are able to visit our house with just a short drive!
Merry Christmas everyone!
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