Christmas 2010
Overall Christmas went great this year. A ton better then last year I must say....last year I was about 2 months into being a mommy and I was a wreck. Soooo emotional. I wanted Addison's' first Christmas to be PERFECT and it wasn't. \ I fell apart about it within the first few hours; even though she was two months old and slept through the entire thing! haha! Post partum emotions were definitely in FULL SWING last Christmas!
Christmas was a little odd this year. I don't think I've ever spent this important of a holiday away from my mom. My mom has been in Arizona over the holidays and won't be back for a while. She is taking care of my grandmother who has been put on hospice. She was gone for Thanksgiving too. The holidays just aren't the same without her here to plan events and organize what and where everyone is meeting for Christmas. My poor dad is home alone in the house for 3 weeks! To cook for himself! (gulp!) I bet he will look a few lbs lighter when she returns. He's one of those slightly helpless men without my mom. He loves to cook breakfast food so thats something! Maybe he's had eggs and bacon everyday for the last two weeks? I should probably go check on him this week. haha.
So Matt and I were just talking today....as an adult doesn't it seem like Christmas just isn't as good? I don't know what it was about Christmas as a child but it was so different. As a child, all year long you couldn't wait for it to get here! On Christmas Day I would wake up and run out of my room to find a HUGE delicious breakfast was waiting for me. (my mom always makes "Irish Bubble Roll" aka cinnamon/butterscotch monkey bread). As a child you just get to sit back and let it all unfold around you but as adults....Christmas is what you make it. No matter how late you have to stay up and get things wrapped or how early you have to get up and put things in the oven. My parents always said they weren't able to do as much as they wanted in the way of gifts but I always remember having a HUGE mound of presents waiting under the tree!
Christmas really is better celebrated with a few children sitting around your feet for added cheer. They seem to have an outpouring of Christmas spirit. Speaking of Christmas spirit....I have to ask did your parents do the whole "Santa" thing? Mine never did. I never believed in Santa. They told us who he was and then told us not to tell any of the other children. We did anyway....haha. Matt was the opposite. His mom even went to the extent to set out food for "Santa's Reindeer" and made it look like their paw prints were in the soot in the fireplace. It was a big deal to set out cookies etc. Im thinking it would be fun to do that with Addy next year.
Here are some sweet pictures of us on Christmas Day 2010:
I had a very traditional xmas growing up! Santa,letters and all! No opening gifts before xmas morning either! I got the best gifts too. They were very creative in their giving. Like putting a small gift in a HUGE box. :)
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