Christmas

This year we stayed in town the week of Christmas. My mom, Dave, and Eric offered to come down to make it easier on all of us since Bonnie is still so new. Earlier in the week we took Bonnie to see Santa for the first time!

One of my friends got her a Christmas outfit at my baby shower just "in case" she was born before the holiday.


It went great - she basically slept through it as she does most things.

The night before Christmas eve we drove around looking at lights. Benny even brought a thermos full of hot chocolate and a bag of marshmallows.


Christmas Eve we met up with Katie and family to take a walk around Colonial Williamsburg. We had such great weather all week! Sunny and in the 60s.



That night we attended the Christmas Eve service at church.


On Christmas morning we took our time getting up and moving. Our mornings have been much slower since Bonnie entered the picture - it takes a while to get everyone ready for the day!

Benny's sister sent Bonnie a first Christmas outfit and bow.



We opened a few gifts from Eric's family and each other.

Christmas afternoon we went over to Katie's house to lounge around and hang out. They also made a delicious roast for dinner!

Cousins!

Friday our family drove down to celebrate with us!


We did our traditional 'Christmas Eve' pizza and games. I always love these game nights when we have everyone together - it's so fun!

We had 'Christmas morning' at Katie's house. We had delicious cinnamon rolls and an egg/sausage bake for breakfast.


Mom has really been getting into crocheting and has made some impressive sweaters and head wraps for the kids.

Bonnie is in my arms - she slept and ate through the whole occasion, as usual.

But she did get a little play time on the floor with her cousins.

Thank you for hosting us all Katie!

It was such a warm day - it felt like Spring! We all took a walk down to the marina and enjoyed the day. That night we had some yummy lasagna and got to play new games Eric got us for Christmas. We had such a good time, we love when everyone is together. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!