Merry Christmas

Christmas is always a busy time for us but is enjoyed because of spending time with our awesome families!!!

We had a full schedule of events going on for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! Unfortunately, we had to start out the two days of celebration without Jammer. He had to work on Christmas Eve, so we had booked him a train ticket so he could meet us after work. Tre and I left in the morning to head up to my parent's house. A little while after arriving Tre took his nap (fighting for almost an hour to fall asleep, thinking he wasn't sure about where he was and to be left in the room alone scared him) after climbing in his pack'n play he fell asleep (surprised I could fit). All that work and he only slept for about an hour. He wasn't too happy. Luckily, my sister Ashley was there and that made Tre happy, he loved playing with her and walking her around everywhere. As my Mom and I were putting some food together for the Christmas Eve party. It was time to get dressed for the party and everyone slooowly arrived. Hehe.

Jammer's train was scheduled to arrive in Irvine around 7:45pm, so I had to get Tre put to bed before leaving, that was a task. Finally got Tre down around 7:35pm and knew I had more than 10 minutes of drive time, so I was late picking him up but all in all it worked out. He was able to enjoy the remainder of the party until everyone had to go. After everyone left we went to my sister Ashley's house so we could help her pack up her car with all the gifts she had to bring to my sister's house and then back to my parent's house to get some much needed rest, even though it was pretty late!

Tre woke up the next morning at around 6:20am. We got ourselves situated and waited for the text from one of my sister's to let us know they were all awake and we should come over. While waiting I let Tre watch a show and luckily for us Yo Gabba Gabba was playing at that time so he was very content. He ate his breakfast and drank his drink and watched the show like a good little man. Then we went to my sister Jennifer's house where Tre opened up his stocking stuffers and saw his Santa gift and after a little while began the process of the gift opening. Tre didn't quite get the whole opening gifts thing and would in fact get a little upset with us when we would ask him to come back to the room to open a gift. Jammer got a special gift this year, that I was happy to say he was surprised. I got him a surfboard! He actually picked it out but then I told him it was sold and after a bit of him grilling me for info, he let it go and thought he in fact was not going to be getting a surfboard for Christmas. Hehe! Yay for surprises! Then it was time for Tre to take his nap, so I set up the pack'n play in my nieces' room and he slept for an hour and a half while we finished opening the gifts and got cleaned up to get in the car and drive up to LA to Jammer's brother Justin's house.

After Tre woke up, we got him ready and packed up the car. We got on the road around 2pm and thankfully traffic wasn't too bad and we made it to Justin's house in about an hour. Tre was happy to get out of the car and run around a new place. He had to check out every aspect of the house. Jammer's Mom had gotten him a ball for Christmas so we opened up that gift and let Tre play with it around the house (that helped keep him occupied). We had a great dinner and then opened gifts afterward. Tre was a trooper, it was past his bedtime and he only got fussy just before it was time to leave. I was very happy about that! He fell asleep pretty quickly in the car ride home and so did Jammer, which then soon followed me. Due to the fact that I was the driver, that was a very bad thing. I had to pull over and stop at a gas station because I was nodding off. Scary, I know, which is why I stopped. I bought a Coke and some snacks to keep me busy for the remainder of the drive as well as did a handful of jumping jacks outside the car to get the blood flowing! It helped a ton because I didn't feel sleepy for the rest of the drive. After all the traveling, taking care of Tre and long days, I was EXHAUSTED! As much as I love this time of year, it sure is draining!

But we made it home safely and Tre barely woke to be transferred from the car to his bed, he was a sleepy little guy. We had a great Christmas and got some great things but most importantly was able to spend it with both our families, which we are so grateful for. We hope you all had a great Christmas as well!!

More pics will be posted up with the monthly post coming up on the 9th of January. :)