Shaboom, shaboom…

Wow, I didn’t realize it had been so long since I updated here! My my my, how fast time flies. I’ve been backlogged on everything it seems (the worst being our property tax which I..um..forgot to pay until today..but that’s another story).

Christmas was awesome. I must say that I believe this was the best Christmas I’ve ever had. Kevin and I have now enjoyed 4 Christmases together as a couple, but there was just something magical this year – having Jack-Evan as part of our Christmas morning was the most precious gift we could have ever wanted. Children truly are the best part of life!  

Over the past couple of years, Kevin and I have started a few Christmas traditions together, and this year we added a few more.  For one, we always go to a Christmas tree farm to cut down a live Christmas tree.  This year, Jack-Evan was with us and we got video of him helping his dad “cut down the tree”.  He also had a surprise meeting with Santa too, and true to his easy going nature (Jack’s, not Santa’s), he didn’t cry a lick when we begged asked Santa for a impromptu photo shoot with Jack right there on the farm grounds.

We sang a lot of Christmas songs, enjoyed a few family-friendly parties and our church play (which Jack attended all of them), watched some Christmas videos, drove around with “Grammy and Papa” (my mom and dad) to see the decorated lights on houses, and read numerous Christmas books together. 

On Christmas eve, Jack-Evan helped me get out (chocolate) milk & cookies for Santa and celery for the reindeer, which we placed on a special santa cookie tray that I’ve been saving for years, awaiting it’s first use.  Jack & I then laid down to nurse one last time, only to be startled a few minutes later by sounds of thumping on the roof.  Kevin then ran inside, yelled that he spotted some reindeer land, then came in and all three of us danced excitedly around the room singing a final Christmas song to Jack-Evan.  

He had a blast being caught between his two goofy parents!

The next morning, we awoke to smells of “Daddy’s Annual Christmas Morning Breakfast” cooking in the kitchen (a tradition Kevin and I started the first Christmas we were married).  The first thing we checked was the Santa plate, and I made a huge goofy fuss over the crumbs Santa had left scattered beside the plate, and then we read aloud the “Thank You” note that Santa had left for Jack-Evan.  Then we enjoyed prayer and Christmas breakfast….and then opened presents.  I had always thought that I wouldn’t have trouble with wanting to give a baby a lot of gifts at Christmas.  After all, the box ends up being more fun than the toy and he’ll never remember them….but lemmetellyou, when the time actually arrived and I had to decide which gifts to buy, I felt like buying out the whole store!  There were so many cool toy whatzits that I wanted to get for him, but alas, our pocketbook isn’t quite as deep as Walmart’s shelves.  But we did end up with some nice things that he has really enjoyed playing with, such as a little teeball set for babies and a little real working keyboard (although that was a bit more of a “for mommy” toy than anything! ha!).

After Christmas at home, we headed to my parents for Christmas with my mom’s family, which lasted till evening.  Turkey, relatives, chocolate cake and Guitar Hero are a great combination!

Christmas festivities were then extended a week later as we headed off to upstate New York on January 1st to enjoy an after-Christmas party with Kevin’s family.  

And we drove the whole way.  

14 hours in the car.

With an 8 month old….

But that’s another post.

As for now, I best get to sleep.  I’m sitting here in the bed with my computer testing out the limites of my new wireless network.  This is the first time in my life I’ve ever had wireless anything and I’m as giddy as a hungry dog in a butcher shop (dork that I am..)!

Related Posts

• Happy 1st Birthday to Me (1)
• Please, no more leaves! (1)
• Being Santa… (0)

Christmas 2007 was a very unusual one for us, but we did create some great memories!  For one, Kevin and I had our 2nd annual tradition of visiting Harmon’s Tree Farm and cutting down our live christmas tree – on my 25th birthday (Dec. 1, 2007).  Since our big gift to ourself this year was a new digital camcorder (in preparation for the upcoming birth) we were even able to get it on video.

Kevin also continued his tradition on Christmas morning of cooking a big, ol’ fashioned Christmas breakfast! His dishes include yummy pancakes, sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, hot chocolate, and milk. I’m so proud of him when he thinks of family traditions like that for us to carry out through the years.

After opening gifts and finishing off breakfast, we loaded up and went to my mom and dad’s home for Christmas dinner of Salmon Stew and Salmon Patties (NOT our usual fare…but thankfully we did have turkey dinner the following Thursday). It’s all good though…I was with the people that mattered most to me (Kevin, Mom, & Dad) on Christmas day, and that’s what truly matters. I love my parents deeply – and I hope to pass down their legacy and everything they’ve taught me to Little Jack one day.

A few people have commented that this Christmas is Little Jack’s “First Christmas”.  I happen to agree.   He may not be visible, but he definately had a huge impact on this Christmas (our last one as just “Lisa and Kevin”). 

 
….He also had a huge impact on my stomach!

Related Posts

• My First Halloween (0)
• Christmas in New York (0)
• How to (NOT) Take Great Family Photos (0)