a record of our reality: Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas! We go to Mass Christmas Eve. I brought Will some crafty activities to work on during and it actually was pretty successful. We use to try to get there early (like 45 min early) to grab a seat in the sanctuary and listen to St. Isidore's beautiful choir, but with a 2 1/2 year old that just doesn't work. So, we got to Mass just in time and were standing by the door in the Hall. It worked well though. After Mass we head over to Karen and Tim's for our Christmas with them. Will was such a good present opener this year. He helped everyone unwrap! Christmas Day I woke Will up at 7am to do our Santa presents and then we headed over to my Mom's. Pregnancy hormones were in full gear and I was an emotional wreck all day. I started crying about one thing and then couldn't stop all afternoon! We did have a nice relaxing day with my side of the family regardless. Towards evening we headed back to Tim and Karen's for our traditional Japanese dinner and White Elephant Gift Exchange. As usual the evening consisted of many laughs, GREAT food, and good conversation. So unbelievable to me that Christmas Day has come and gone already. It doesn't help that we have already removed all of our decorations from the house. The day after Christmas the dog fell into the tree and it toppled so we just went ahead and took it down. At least it lasted until after Christmas!