Christmas memories

Let the holiday re-capping begin!

As I said yesterday, the holidays this year were definitely memorable…with some memories we’ll always want to remember and some others that I think we’d all like to forget!

Memory to remember #1: Getting to wake up in our own house Christmas morning!

Memory to forget #1: Robert and I woke up Christmas Eve morning with the stomach bug.  ugh.

Robert was hit MUCH harder than I was with the stomach bug so I slugged through and took care of the baby all day while Robert stayed in bed.  Luckily we were both feeling better by Christmas morning.  While not 100% yet, we were able to get up and see that Santa had come down our chimney!

Whoa!  Maxwell didn’t quite know what to think when he got up that morning.  Well, what he first thought was, “I want my bottle of milk!”  But, after his tummy was full, he was happy enough to check out what Santa brought him.  It was no surprise to me what his favorite thing was…

Topped off with a brand new fireman’s hat, he was ready to go!

Other toys were hits as well, like his Megablocks…

and this Little People barn from GJ and Daddo.

We then packed up and drove down to Montgomery to spend the day with Robert’s family.  What fun we had!  Maxwell got into the spirit…

and loved all the attention.

We even got to see River the pony dog!  While BIG, River is just about the sweetest, calmest pup in the world.  Even I liked him (from a distance of course) and, if you know me, that’s saying a lot!

We had a great day and Maxwell loved “helping” to sort the gifts…

playing with new toys…

and giving Lou Lou a new “do” with a Barbie brush!

I think Katie and Anna had a great day as well!

Memory to remember #2: Anna and Maxwell acting like best buds all day. Kindred spirits these two!

Unfortunately, that fantastic day brought….

Memory to forget #2:  Maxwell refusing to sleep and screaming crying all. night. long.

I don’t know what the issue was but Maxwell would not go to sleep in the crib.  Robert and I finally took him into the (double size mattress) bed with us.  Real comfy, let me tell ya.  He would sleep for a bit and then just sit up and scream bloody murder until I calmed him down again.  I think we all ended up head to toe in the bed and not much sleep was had for anyone.  Considering Robert and I were still one day out from the stomach bug, that lack of sleep hurt.  But, we survived.  Ho Ho Ho!

Tomorrow the re-capping continues!