In the afternoon we dressed Cecilia in her pretty Christmas dress and headed to church with my family, and then off to Ma and Pa's for the big Christmas Eve dinner. I love Christmas Eve at Ma and Pa's! It is always such a joyous gathering. Their tree is always so pretty, the food is so good, and the company is grand. It was so fun to have Cecilia there this year, especially because last year we announced that we were expecting at Christmas Eve. Cecilia got to listen to Pa read the Christmas story with all of the other kids. Cecilia's cousin Tatum had her for the grab bag and she sent a "Fortune Onesie" that says " A surprise will appear in my pants". Grandma also gave Cecilia her blanket that she has been working on for 6 months. It is beautiful, and cozy warm.
I think that Cecilia knew that Santa came on Christmas Morning, she was up and ready to go at 5:30. We opened gifts from each other. Jon gave me an Ice Cream Maker that attaches to my KitchenAid mixer, I am making Champagne sorbet for new years in it. I gave Jon some new clothes and slippers. Cecilia opened gifts from her Uncle Bill and Mike- a cute piggy bank and musical lamb. All she really cared about was the tissue paper though.
Jon's mom came over for breakfast and brought us a new toaster. This may sound silly, but we were so excited! The toaster that we got for our wedding has been nothing but problems. It was too big, it never toasted correctly, and you had to darn near break the think to get your toast out early. The new toaster is smaller and toasts as it should- perfect!
Then it was time to head up the hill (finally). We loaded up the dogs (we have been watching Daisy the lab for a friend), the baby, bags, gifts, and food and headed to my parents house. The roads were just fine until we hit Jefferson on the other side of Kenosha Pass, it was a white out- very scary! We took the back roads in through Stage Stop and made it safely. We stayed in the rest of the day, the temp with wind chill was down to -42* at times! We opened gifts with my parents, Pat, Sarah, and Petey. It was so fun to just enjoy each others company. Cecilia was spoiled this year, she got new clothes, a sippy cup, a bowl and spoon, toys, and her new seat for the table.
Nick and Megan came up on Sunday night. It was a wonderful family dinner with everyone present. Mom made a delicious prime rib- WOW, soooo yummy! The family has grown so much over the last few years, there were 10 of us around the table, enjoying being with one another. After dinner we played a mean game of Nertz, it was brutal and I think that there may have been some cheating going on, but I won't mention any names.
When we arrived home, we had yet another gift to open that was sent from Jon's Sister in Alaska. The sent cute socks for Cecilia, a votive, smoked salmon, picture frames and Chocolate. I'm a sucker for chocolate, but I hesitated a bit when I read the description of these:
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