Christmas was spent as it has been in the past..all over New England. This year we were determined to make the most of it, get organized from the beginning and just enjoy our families and not worry about all the travel. Mission Accomplished.
It started Christmas Eve at Alex's moms.. Jake had a blast at Mimi and Grampy's - having people tickle him, chasing his older cousins, opening presents, helping everyone open their Yankee Swap gift, etc. We came home that night, left the trail mix on the lawn for the Reindeer and a cookie for Santa. Lo and behold, Santa left tons of presents that night. We woke Jake up at 7:15 am and the began! Each present he opened he exclaimed "I dont have this toy!", it was really cute. He was spoiled by Santa with puzzles, a large dinosaur, tons of games, soccer apparel, Croc boots and toys, toys and more toys. His favorite toy was the Ham from Toy Story.
We then went over to Mimi's and Grampy's house for breakfast and to see what Santa had left there. We exchanged there, ate awesome Egg's Benedict and Jake played with his new work bench. From there we went to Papa's house and opened up with the girls and his aunt and uncle. The kids were spoiled rotten by Papa..actually, we all were.
From there we headed to the final stop, cousin Annabelle and Olivers house. This was where we hung out with all of the Conlin side and even Yaya. The Yankee swap was fun this year..but more fun was the dance of with the Wii and the gymnastic mat. Jake seems to have his break dancing moves down pat.
Hitting the road again, we headed back to RI. Jake really wanted to play with his work bench which was left at Mimi's house. Alex promised him that if he was still awake when we got home we would head to pick it up. Jake's response: "I'm going to stay awake guys!". Three minutes into the 90 minute ride and he was passed out. Needless to say, we got the playbench the next day.
Speaking of the next day..Jake woke up yelling "Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas Mommy!" the day after Christmas. We got him out of his crib (yes, a crib. still. If it's not broken, why try to fix it?") and asked if he want to watch a show in our room (a weekend routine) and he was having no part of that..he wanted to head downstairs to play with all his toys. He finally got to stay home and open each and ever present..and that he did! The house was trashed but it was so worth it!
In all, we had a fabulous Christmas weekend. Sure, it was tiring..but we wouldn't trade being able to see all of our family. Ninety minutes one way to MA is nothing..the memories made are priceless.
Pics will come once I get back to my computer..at the moment Jake has taken it hostage. He now loves to play on my Mac on the nickelodeon website. It is amazing to watch him play on it.
We are on the verge of 2012 and it's safe to say we are ready for it! Praying Alex gets a job soon, in the teaching field we hope. I will finish up my degree this Spring and cannot wait to walk across that stage! For my undergraduate degree I wasn't that enthused to walk across stage..this time I cannot wait! I just want to be done!!
Bring on 2012!!
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