Sunday, December 29, 2013

christmas day

how was your christmas?
ours was filled with
family
church
food
presents
traveling
desserts
and love.
 
of course, brette's first christmas was more for ronnie and i than her,
but i loved getting to share all our holiday traditions.
on christmas eve we went to see santa.
she loved it.
 
 
 
 
 
that night we went to mass as a family.
(my parents, my brother, sis-n-law, their two girls and us)
and the only spot available for six adults and three kiddos
was in the second row, dead center.
i was praying that brette made it through with no tears,
and we were in luck!
all the girls did wonderful.
and brette got to show off her new dress i bought her.
 
 
 
then it was back to our house for pizza and the anticipation of santa.
once everyone left and we got brette to bed,
ronnie and i watched a christmas story,
my favorite xmas movie and a turner christmas eve tradition.
the next morning b woke up at 5:45 (oh. hell. no.)
 i fed her and read her xmas stories
until 7:00 and decided it was time for dear old dad to join us.
i made hot chocolate, put on some christmas tunes
and turned on all our christmas lights.
the setting was perfection.
 
 
 
we showed b her gifts under the tree and
ronnie and i squabbled about his lack of skill using the video camera.
(um yes, i do want heads in video.)
so then he wanted me to redo it all so he could refilm it,
but i refused, so now, when brette watches the video of her first christmas,
i have no head. 
sa-weet.
i swear, sometimes...
 
then b went down for a nap and ronnie thought
we should do laundry and pick up the house.
i'm sorry.
i don't do chores on the holidays.
so once again, i refused.
you can tell ronnie and i were not off to a great start.
when she woke up
i dressed her in my old christmas dress from my first christmas.
i love that my mom saved all these dresses.
 
 (ahhhh-dorable)

 
 
 and we hit the road to my parent's house.
aunts, uncles, grandma, cousins
everyone was there.
i think total we had 24.
it's chaotic, but fun.
we ate lots and lots
and then went back for more.
we opened gifts and talked for hours.
i loved it.
i am already anticipating the amazingness of next year
with these three little ladies.
 
(matching pj's provided by aunt jaime)
 
so yeah,
basically, we had a wonderful day.
hope yours was just as special.
happy holidays!
 
 

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