Continuing on with the Christmas re-cap and the memories to remember….and forget!

Memory to remember #3: Getting to see both sides of our family for the holidays!  hooray!

Memory to forget #3: Giving both of my parents the stomach bug.  My parents drove through AL on their way to AR for Christmas day.  On the drive back to Florida, both my dad and my mom were victims of the stomach virus.  But, they had to endure it in a hotel room 100s of miles from home. Miserable.  Sorry about that GJ and Daddo!

But, thankfully everyone survived and Robert and I were able to fly down to Naples on the 28th to celebrate with my side of the family, including Susu and Dodo who had hitched a ride with my parents from AR to FL (and mercifully escaped the stomach bug!)

We were all glad to be together but within the first hour of our arrival came…

Memory to forget #4: Susu fell down and fractured her collarbone.  Ouch.  After a visit to the ER, she had a sling and some pain pills and handled the rest of the week like a tro0per!

Still, we weren’t going to let a few setbacks ruin our Christmas spirit!  That night, we ripped into fun gifts and had a great time with each other.

Memory to remember #4:  Having so much of my family gathered around one room for Christmas for the second year in a row.

After a good night’s sleep by all (including Maxwell! yay!) we got up the next day to play, play, play with the cousins and fun new toys!

Of course, as shiny and bright as those new toys are, it’s often the oldies but goodies that get played with the most!  This is the Fisher Price barn that my brother and I had when we were little…

and this is the yellow banana car that was mine that lived at Susu’s house for years and years…

funny, right?  I think I always liked him because he had red hair.  🙂

Of course, as fun and nostalgic as old toys are, NOTHING can beat playing in the pantry with a spatula…

Seriously, this is the kid’s favorite room in the house by far.

Btw, can we take a moment to check out the baby Crocs that I got for Maxwell to wear down in FL?

Adorbs.

All in all it was a great Christmas, mostly because we got to hang with these three cuties…

Although, one last…

Memory to forget #5: Almost being late to the airport for our flight out of Tampa because we made a wrong turn and then got completely trapped in the traffic for the Outback Bowl!  Luckily we made it with time to spare…only to find out our flight was over an hour delayed.  Taking a nighttime flight with your overtired baby?  Not something to remember!  🙂

But, let’s end this all on a positive note…

Memories to remember:

– GJ blowing bubbles outside and making Delaney and Maxwell very happy.

– Delaney calling Maxwell both Max-ka-well and Buddy.

– Maxwell falling asleep sitting straight up while riding in his little red car.  Truly asleep at the wheel!

– Me opening the sippy cup on the plane only to have water shoot out of the straw like a hose onto the neck of the guy across the aisle (hilarious and probably something that poor man would like to forget!).

– Robert being the best there is by cooking and cleaning.

– Maxwell giving everyone kisses good night.

It was a merry Christmas indeed!

Hope you all have a great weekend full of memories to remember!