We are so fortunate to have such very good friends to be invited to not one but three Christmas celebrations.
Christmas Eve was spent first with James and Diane and their family with lots of good food and conversation. I started to get a headache at the end of the evening but struggled through and we headed to Catherine and Tyler’s for a crazy Christmas Eve at their home. Her family is a hoot and we all get along so it was so much fun. Christmas Carolers even stopped by followed by a Dirty Santa game where I won a beautiful cutting board and Jay got me some Riedel wine glasses. Now those are my kind of Dirty Santa gifts!!! There were tons of kids around and Thane had a ball. Mara was the object of everyone’s attention and I did not even have to change her diaper the whole night!!! Wait, maybe that is my kind of Dirty Santa gift instead!
Christmas morning we awoke to find that Santa had arrived (even though we did not leave out reindeer food!). Thane made out like a bandit, with his favorite gift being a yellow FOOt-BALL! (that’s how he says it)
Christmas dinner was spent at the Culver’s and it was yummy. This is the second Christmas we have spent with them and we always feel like we have family in town when we are there. Thane and Mara made out like bandits there too and for dinner we got our Christmas present, the kids would be sitting with the “grandparents” and we all got to sit and chat and enjoy dinner. It was bliss.
During dinner, Mara started crying. I obviously did not get up fast enough because when I started to walk over, I saw Thane already there. I stood back and watched him give Mara her pacifier to soothe her. It was adorable. He promptly took it out, but, whatever.
Merry Christmas everyone! Thank you for opening your homes to us! It was a wonderful way to spend Christmas with our “family” since our family could not be here.
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