Holiday Wrap-up

Our first Christmas, Saturday, went well.

J and I stayed in bed till noon, listened to Christmas music while we had our pancakes for lunch and chilled out with a few holiday movies playing in the background. I dressed him in his 12th present, gingerbread man PJs then we opened presents around 6PM and hung out till I went to work.

I ended up not just getting a small bonus check but also had a coworker get to work earlier and get some work done which took some of the work away from me letting me get home an hour earlier.
I used a half hour of that to get us prepped for our early morning drive. Much needed.

Christmas day, we got up late but still made it to our hometown in good time. We took J to my old church for their children's church program. He met the people that I grew up with which was nice. We got to my grandma's, snuck some food since we usually don't eat till after 3, and he got some private time in with his godfather.

After dinner came presents. J got a few new toys that he is in love with. His piano is among his favorites which is awesome since I was told to prepare for the wrapping paper to be his focus. His favorite holiday song is a Mariah Carrey song and I got an awesome video of his reaction when it comes on and also when you pause it. On the ride to our hometown, he was asleep and it came on the Christmas station. His eyes popped open and his hands started waving. Awesome. He had a blast with his toys and his cousin yesterday too.

I got clothes, house shoes, giftcards for house stuff, a steam mop and a portable vacuum for my car. Would you believe that my day was nearly made? I love this kind of stuff. House stuff, portable cleaning stuff, clothes stuff, shoes stuff. Yes, I was happy. When we got home, J took more steps and that made my day for sure.  From one a few days ago to a few yesterday. The boy is on the move.

We talked about grandpa a little bit and about how much of a shock it was that he had been fine at that morning but gone that night. We weren't told that he was as sick as he was. My heart hurt for my cousins but they're doing ok. Everyone is happy that this Christmas went well. Better than we expected. Much like last year, I'm hoping this next Christmas is even better than this one. Of course being the planner that I am, I'm bound to go overboard but you know what they say about reaching for the moon and failing and being among the stars, right? I can't really remember, lol, but hopefully you get my point. Awesomeness to come again next year.

So that was our holiday. Today I cleaned my floors, hung out in bed with my boy and ate leftovers. My new year is about to start and this week I have a buttload of cleaning and decluttering to do to get it started off right. I'm ready for the new year but thats another post for another day.