Christmas Catch Up

I guess I can officially say that the Christmas season is over!

I never posted after Christmas Eve about the rest of the holiday. We had a wonderful Christmas at home on Christmas Day. It was fun just being the 3 of us again this year. Daniel was far more active this year than last. :) He loves to unwrap and does so by pulling the paper off little piece, by little piece. He knows how to make Christmas last!

We opened our stockings from each other and from my parents (My mom mailed our gifts so we would have them on Christmas Day! She's awesome!) Then opened a few gifts. By that point Daniel had become a bit overwhelmed with the whole process, and we figured he was hungry, so we took a breakfast break. I made blueberry muffins and a breakfast casserole. Yummy!

Then it was back to the gifts again. Daniel was spoiled, but we were too. We got lots of nice gifts, both from each other and from my parents.





One of the favorites of Christmas was "My Pal Scout" He and Daniel have become quite good friends. :)





Just a very fun day with my little family!

Then, the next day my parents came for a short visit. Daniel had been getting sick, but that evening the poor little guy had a fever. He tried his darndest to be happy. He kept going from happy to sad.  He helped Grandma and Grandpa open their Christmas presents.



He had lots of fun playing with his toys and showing off on Friday. Plus he's looking forward to Grandma coming back for the weekend in a few weeks! (Not to mention she and Aunt Kendra are coming again in February! YAY!!!)



Plus I have to throw this is! I love it!!




Then last Sunday we went to Villa Grove for Christmas! We left early in the morning so we could get to church there on time. Daniel was such a good boy and had a great time playing in the nursery. He didn't even care when we came to pick him up...he just kept playing. Silly boy! I'm so glad that he's so easy going.

Rachel and Micah drove down from MN that day and got there by mid afternoon. We really enjoyed getting to see them and glad they got to see Daniel again! Unfortunately Daniel was still not feeling great, which meant he was fussier than usual, but he was still a very good boy!

Although he had a rough night. I had the pack n play set up in the living room and Jacob and I were sleeping on the couches in the family room. I wasn't feeling great either. I had a sore throat and stuffy nose and was hoping for a good night of sleep. Wouldn't you know, he was up at midnight! (And I was drugged up on Tylenol PM). I got him back down by 12:30 and just as I was drifting off again, the crying started again. Got him back to sleep...30 minutes later, awake again. This time he freaked out, so I dragged the pack n play into the family room praying that he hadn't woken everyone up! He finally fell asleep with me around 2:30 and then I laid him down around 3 when he was whimpering. Thankfully after that he slept until 8 and so did I!

We had a delicious "Christmas" breakfast! Then opened presents! Daniel did well for a bit, but again got overwhelmed. In the end Jacob and I opened the last few gifts for him!





AWESOME movie!



Stealing Uncle Micah's Christmas presents!







Then we had Christmas dinner and headed for home. Daniel wasn't a fan of traveling in the dark, so he was a bit fussy, but perked up once we got home!

Thankfully he's feeling so much better and is back to his old self now! I finally took Christmas down yesterday. I had been putting it off. It took awhile, but our living room looks so big now! I always love that.

Another Christmas over, but as always, I look forward to the next!