In stark contrast to last years stressful, just had a newborn baby and moved across the country drama-filled holidays, this year was super relaxing and lots of fun. And Jack was at an age where he really "got it!" He loved everything about Christmas this year and wanted to be a part of every little detail - from decorating to wrapping to baking...he just loved it all! And he was very interested in learning all about baby Jesus and his mommy and daddy - very cool! It was so amazing to see how magical and exciting it was for him. He was absolutely adorable and really made it a special time for us. Gavin on the other hand was his usual maniac self. I would say he broke at least half a dozen ornaments and terrorized our Santa dolls and stuffed Christmas animals. If they could talk I think they would ask to be moved to another home next year. But that's our Gav and you gotta love him!
As soon as Thanksgiving was over we hit the ground running to squeeze in all the holiday fun we could have. We saw Santa and the boys did great! Jack knew that he had to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas so even though he was a little scared and wouldn't touch him, he still stood near him and smiled for the camera. Gav was all smiles too! In the next few weeks we also went to Disneyland, looked at holiday lights, went to a Christmas party in our neighborhood and Jack had a performance at his school. We also had tons of family time - we got to spend time with my dad and grandma Molly, Grammy Delora and the kids and of course my mom's entire side of the family and all of the boy's cousins. We even got a special visit from Gigi and Papa who might as well have been Santa and Ms. Clause with all the cool stuff they bought the kids! We capped off the season with a very family-friendly New Year's Eve with our friends and their kiddos. A fun end to a fun month...and year!
Ok, I know that was a little long and wordy but seeing as how I didn't post anything about the holidays for the entire month of December, I figured I needed to document all of it in one blog. Maybe next year I won't take the break at the peak blogging season! And I will warn you - I have a LOT of pictures to post - this could be a new record! So to spare you more unnecessary reading I will refrain from posting captions since you already had to read a novel. I also need to add that the pictures aren't that great. As usual, neither my boys or my camera cooperated with me (maybe this year Santa will bring me a new camera!). But I did the best I could. So without further ado, here are ouf family highlights of Christmas 2012...
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