Christmas 2012

Christmas this year was a lot of fun having a little one! So, sure, he doesn't understand quite yet what it means to get presents, or open presents, or who/what Santa is... but he still enjoyed all of the gifts he got. This kid loves new toys! :)

A disclaimer for this post - I neglected to take any pictures with my "real" camera... so you'll have to see Christmas through the eyes of my iPhone and Instagram photos. Shame on me. But I was having too much fun to take time for other photos! :)

For Christmas Eve, we went to Trev's parents' house in Elk Ridge as we traditionally do. It had snowed a ton that day and we were nervous about making it up the hill, but my CR-V did great since the roads had been plowed. Well, it did great, that is, until we reached the neighborhood road that Trev's parents ' house is on. No one had plowed that street yet and we didn't quite make it without having to be pushed up the hill. It's moments like that when we wish we would have purchased a car with 4 wheel drive!

Anyway, we did make it, and we enjoyed a delicious dinner of lasagna and then got to spend time talking and opening gifts!

Charlie received some fun things like a hand-knitted Santa hat made by his Grandma, a sock monkey jack-in-the-box, flashlight, hoodie, and a book about numbers! He also had a blast playing with his older cousins!

That night Charlie was so ready to go to bed, and after he was asleep Santa stopped by our little apartment and left some goodies! Sweater, PJs, socks, corn popper, etc! The next morning, Charlie was SO excited to see all his new presents. He opened up a box from my Nana with an awesome guitar that makes sounds and flashes! He loves turning the volume knob up and down! He opened other gifts which included new church shoes and jeans, a fun plush elephant backpack, and magnet letters for the fridge!

Sweetest boy turning that volume knob on the guitar. Jammin' boy!

Later on Christmas day, we went over to the Sonnenberg's home where Charlie got to take a nap, I got to help put together Legos, and then we all got to play and eat and talk. It was relaxing and wonderful! Charlie had so much fun that he fell asleep within minutes of getting in the car to go home that night! He definitely played hard!

I love my family so much and thanks for a great Christmas holiday! <3