This was probably the best Christmas that I have had in a long time. It was the Christmas that I have been waiting on; my first Christmas as a mommy, our first Christmas as a family of three. Mason was not quite 5 months old so he didn’t know what Christmas was really about but I did and I wanted it to be a special one. We put up a modified version of our Christmas decorations. By modified, I mean we had to leave a few things in the attic since there wasn’t much room with all of Mason’s baby things; his swing, play mat, bouncy seat and basket of toys have occupied a large portion of our den. We usually decorate the outside of our house as well but couldn’t find the time to do all of that this year. It was ok though because just having our tree up and most of our snowmen decorations out were good enough for me. We bought Mason a stocking for the mantle and an ornament for the tree both of which had snow men on them. We love snow men. Mason will probably grow up to hate snow men since we have soooo many.
Dawn had to remind me many times to not go overboard with my gift buying for Mason. She kept telling me that he wouldn’t know what he got and would probably care more about the boxes and paper than anything else. While I knew these things to be true, I still managed to buy him more than I should have. I couldn’t help myself. He may not know but I would know and I wanted his 1st Christmas to be a special one. Dawn and I bought several things for Mason together and then decided that we would buy gifts and they would be a surprise to each of us. That was fun.
Since we travel to SC to spend Christmas with my family, we have always done out gift exchanging on Christmas Eve eve. That also meant that Santa would have to visit our house early as well. Santa was good to Mason. He left him lots of clothes, Scout, bongo drums, books and some teething rings. Mason wasn’t sure what to play with first. I must say it was a bit overwhelming for him and wore him out. To show you just how tired he was, look at the picture to the right and see him passed out in front of the tree. Might I also add this is the FIRST time he has ever fallen asleep in his bouncy seat!
On Christmas Eve, we went to Dawn’s dad’s house to have Christmas with her family. It was the beginning of our whirlwind tour during the holidays. We left for my parents that afternoon and spent a couple days with them. We returned to our house for a couple days before heading to my sister, Stacey’s house to take them their Christmas stuff. Stacey and her family were not able to travel this year since she was very pregnant and couldn’t go too far from home. On the morning that we were to leave for Stacey’s she called us to tell us we may want to pack a bag as she was pretty sure she was in labor. More on than in another post. Back to our holiday travels. We spent a couple days at Stacey’s then left to go spend New Years with Dawn’s mom. Then finally back home and that brings an end to Mason’s first Christmas and New Years. Whew!!
Thanks to everyone that made it wonderful for all of us. We love you!
