Here before you is the longest Christmas recap ever. This is more for our memory-keeping than anything.
We spent a lot of our holiday week traveling, which was a bit tiring but was worth it to spend time with our families, while also getting some time for our little family to have our alone time.
We spent the first week of last week with my family. We hung out, shopped, ate out, watched movies and just relaxed.
Luke and I were also able to sneak out and have a date night. We haven't had one in a LONG time so it was nice and much needed. We went to my favorite restaurant which had an hour wait but it was fine with use cause we were in no rush. It was a great time.


We spent Christmas eve with Luke's family and exchanged gifts with them. Eli had so much fun opening all of his gifts!
Here he is clapping in anticipation of opening his gifts! Well not really he didn't have a clue what was going on but he knew everybody was staring at him so clapping seemed appropriate.
Playing with his new musical toys:
Christmas Eve night we drove back to our home so that we could spend Chrsitmas morning together as a family - and also because we had church that morning.
I didn't think Christmas morning would be a ton of fun this year since Eli is so young but OMIGOSH it was SO fun. Luke woke up before me and went and turned all our Christmas tree lights on and turned Christmas music on and then got Eli and they woke me up together. I loved it.
We had such a good time and I was brought to tears many times thinking of how thankful I am for my little family.
Eli got a scooter from Santa and he LOVED it:
He looks like such a big boy! Tear.
Here he is in front of the tree with his new DVD. Sleepy eyes:
He also got a NY Giants shirt which was a present to both he and dad. I'm sure dad liked it more than Eli:
This picture is a bit blurry but it shows how much fun he was having. I am so in love with my little guy.
Church was wonderful and just perfect for the morning. Luke led the church in Christmas carols and Eli slept in my lap. It was perfect.
After church we hit the road AGAIN and spent Christmas day with my family.
The only picture I got during the day with my baby and he isn't even looking:

We exchanged gifts that night.
Cute cousins in matching PJ's. This picture makes us laugh cause they look miserable - they weren't!

Happy boy in front of his presents:
It was a great week but we were definitely ready to get back home and get back to our normal schedule. Luke and I both have a few days off before we go back to work. I am hoping to get a lot of cleaning and organizing done in the next few days!
Merry Christmas 2011!
It looks like yall had an amazing Christmas!
ReplyDeleteEli is the cutest. I love your green infinity scarf. I'm proud of you for doing Christmas morning in your own home. It's hard when your family isn't in your town & I've been weak. Next year I'm insisting we do it.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, Eli's face is just SO SO precious. Those CHEEKS!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a beautiful Christmas, and how precious is an excited Eli? Too cute!
Oh My Word...That picture of Eli on his new scooter is the cutest picture EVER!
ReplyDeletehe looks like he had so much fun!!! i love his smile!!!!
ReplyDeleteI swear Eli gets cuter and cuter.
ReplyDeleteAnd you look great.
I can't believe how big your baby is getting! He looks adorable in every photo! I am glad y'all had a great Christmas!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness - you got some great pics! I love the one of Eli clapping and the one of him on the scooter - too cute!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you guys had a great Christmas, even though you had to travel lots! Eli is just so so cute!! I love his huge smiles now! It's crazy how fast they grow into little people. Just wait until next Christmas, I think it will get more and more fun with the little ones each year! Cooper got this little guitar for Christmas, and I have thought about Eli for some reason several times. I guess I think he needs a guitar? Haha!
ReplyDeleteI love your recap, and seriously your baby is ridiculously cute! :-)
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