It was magical...not getting woken up until after 5:30am! Oh what a feeling compared to the last two years. Bubba says he and Tubbs woke up around midnight to check everything out, but went back to bed.
Hallelujah!
It was wonderful. In fact, Wiggy went to bed in her own bed as well....and I woke up thinking she had gotten in our bed sometime through the night. I was wrong. So it was Luke and I who actually were the first to wake up. I walked down to Wiggy's room to see if she was there and when I walked in her door, she was sitting up in bed and looking around. A few moments after she crawled out of bed, the boys got up and Christmas morning was underway!
Tubbs strapped on his Go-Pro camera when he came out and was ready for capturing the morning. It will be funny to find that video footage one day and show to his own kids.
They were stoked to open up the gift from Grandma and Grandpa Baer....cold hard cash!
For breakfast we made turkey sausage bread and homemade cinnamon rolls. After breakfast, they played Uno with Wiggy's new game that spits out cards at you.
Gift cards from Uncle Bert!
Doesn't my hair look extra special?! :)
The Potpourri Grandma Hogue made for us was on the stove all morning....smelled really good.
After eating and setting stuff up for the kids, Luke went back to bed for a little nap and I took a long bath. Grandma and Grandpa came down around 1pm to have Christmas dinner with us. The kids also got to open up their last gifts from them.
Christmas dinner was traditional this year....for the first year ever. I guess "traditional" is a matter of opinion. Last year we had pasta. This year we made a turkey breast and it was DELICIOUS. We cooked it perfectly. I was so happy! Luke also made a Tri-tip. Nancy made the stuffing and brought a loaded mashed potato dish. We tried almost all new recipes for everything. We tried a brown sugar/bacon green beans recipe, a mushroom recipe with bread crumbs, garlic and lemon juice.
After dinner Wiggy put on a fashion show, with grandma's help, with all of the clothes she got for Christmas. It was quite entertaining. I think Grandpa got all of the video footage of that show.
Grandma and Grandpa stayed until the evening and the weather was pretty clear most of the day. We had such a wonderful Christmas and are so blessed. We enjoy having Luke's parents nearby to spend the day with us and the kids.
That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....
So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.
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