Christmas!

We had a wonderful and busy Christmas. It started out by us giving each other a new camera! We are thrilled to have made the leap into DSLR cameras and although we don't know what we're doing we're excited to hopefully get some better pictures of our family. I am so tired of blurry pictures and hope I can do better at capturing our favorite moments with clear and beautiful pictures.

Christmas eve we spent over at our family friends' house like we do each year with my side of the family. My mom's best friend from college Anne is like an aunt to me and we look forward to our regular Christmas eve dinners with her and her family. Aidan was especially sweet even when we stayed way past his bedtime.


 Christmas morning we woke up early and had a nice time with Aidan opening gifts and seeing what Santa brought for him. Favorite gift from Santa was the vacuum for sure although here is a picture of him vacuuming and writing on the chalkboard at the same time. I wish I could multitask like him.

We got ready to go and went over to spend the second part of our morning with the Koenigs where Aidan once again received wonderful and thoughtful gifts. Favorites were this horse from the Cardinale great grandparents (a gift for Aidan and Danangan) and this awesome firetruck. We enjoyed a turkey lunch and went home stuffed with great food.

After a much needed nap at home we geared up for yet another Christmas celebration with my dad, mom and brother. They came over to our house and we had a lovely dinner and opened gifts together. Aidan enjoyed talking on the phone to Mamaw and Papaw, reading books with Uncle Casey and playing with his new train set. 

We had a wonderful Christmas and feel so blessed to be surrounded by family and friends. It was so fun for David and I to share this special holiday with Aidan and to see his excitement in every little detail. We are still hearing about Snowmen, Santa and Christmas trees and will probably be looking for them everywhere we go even as we head into the new year.