Christmas

I cannot believe Christmas has already come and gone. It is one of those holidays where you can't wait for it to get here, but then it is over in the blink of an eye...and you cannot wait to take down all the decorations and get the house back to normal...at least that is how it is for me! :) We had a VERY low key Christmas this year. This was my first year EVER not being around my family...in 24 years I have always been with them but this year I didn't want the fakeness (if that is even a word) or the drama or anything of that. I just simply wanted to enjoy it and make the most of it with MY little family and let me tell you, I would NOT change it for the world! We spent Christmas eve at home baking, went out and visited my dad and left some beautiful Christmas flowers and being around each other then we opened up Christmas jammies and read the night before christmas before putting Lincoln to bed and Santa coming. Christmas morning we woke up when Lincoln did and had him open his stocking and see everything from Santa. While Shaun fed him breakfast I cooked us breakfast and we just enjoyed it with each other. We were not rushed around we didnt have to hurry and get dressed...just had to be at home with each other! We made a rule where we were not going to buy anything for each other so Lincoln had all the gifts...and bought one for each of us...what a sweet lil guy already! :) We FINALLY got dressed around 3pm that day, drove by a couple houses that we are looking at to move into and then we went to my sisters for Christmas dinner. Shauns family came to our house the next day and we hosted Christmas dinner for them. 10 people in our 600sq ft apartment...it was a tight squeeze! Besides Shaun turning the oven off on accident everything went smoothly and we had a great time with them and opening gifts again! I loved the simplicity of the holiday and I know it will only get more crazy the older Lincoln gets but I really hope we can try to keep it how calm and simple this year was! I hope you all had a great holiday! :)