Having a newborn this Christmas called for a change on plans. Normally we spend Christmas Eve at my Aunt and Uncle's house; however, this year they were going out of town. That left my immediate family to spend the evening together. Michael and I decided that we didn't want to be traveling too much with Mason, so we had my family over to our house.
The plan is to head to an early mass and then come home for dinner and open gifts (well just our stocking stuffers). We arrived at church about a half hour early, but apparently that wasn't early enough. We overheard someone say that they had been there for two hours and I wouldn't put it past some people to do that just so they have a seat. Instead we sat on the floor in the lobby area, along with about a hundred other people. My mom stayed at home and prepared the food so we could eat right away. We didn't want this to turn into a long night, especially when it will be a long day tomorrow for everyone.
After eating a great meal and opening a few presents, it was time to get to bed. Michael and I had more work ahead of us, but neither one of us felt like doing anything. I sure hope Santa stops by our house because these have been some pretty good kiddos.
Merry Christmas Eve!
Mason lounging around.
Greg and Jill came in from out of town for the holidays.
Papa helping Emma open up her stocking.
Scott waiting for his turn to open his stocking.
Emma got princess bandaids.
You can barely see her sitting in the middle, but she was having fun being the center of attention.
Papa helping Emma open more gifts.
Hey, what's that thing?
Oh no! Uncle Greg tried it on my head!
Even though it felt funny, Emma kept saying 'one mo time!'
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