So I know this is over a month late, but I am finally writing about Easton's first Christmas. If you take out the part where our whole family got the stomach bug within a matter of days (excluding Easton and Rebecca) we had a great time. Christmas Eve was spent going to church at Blue Grass United Methodist for a Christmas Eve service and then down to the Helms for dinner and presents. I love that we have appetizers as our Christmas Eve meal. Yum!! Easton is eating most foods now, so he had a great meal as well. Both boys really enjoyed opening their gifts and Kenan was super excited about his CARS scooter he got from the grandparents. It didn't end so well for me as I was the first one to get sick and needless to say I didn't get to enjoy my dinner for long.
The next morning I was feeling weak but better which was good because we had to drive to Indy for Christmas with Nick's aunts and uncle on his dad's side. The boys first opened presents at our house which was fun because Kenan ran right out to the living room as soon as he woke up. We did a music theme from us, so Kenan's big item was a keyboard and Easton got a drum full of kids rhythm toys.
The drive to Indy was uneventful which was good and we got to use our new car DVD system. Once there we had a great visit. None of this side had met Easton and here he was almost one. The highlight of the day was seeing Nick's family play Rock Band because that is usually not their thing. On the way home Kenan was excited to see snow because he had been sad all day that it hadn't snowed yet. He thought that is what Christmas is all about. When he saw it he said"Look at my Christmas snow."
Our last Christmas was supposed to be that weekend with Nick's mom's side of the family. His aunt Terri was in town with her family and we were also going to get together with his grandparents. Due to the illness going through our family like wildfire though we had to postpone it to the following weekend. We did visit with his aunt and grandparents that Sunday and opened their presents.
Finally on Jan.3 we celebrated for the final time. By this day I think Easton was growing weary of opening presents because we had to pull him back down a couple of times to finish up. We had a great day with Nick's mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, brother, brother's girlfriend, and her son. Since we had planned on staying there all afternoon we got to put together most of the big items and let the boys play with them which was cute to watch.
Another Christmas down.
