Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Our Real Life Four Christmases!

Another Christmas has come and gone....where does the time go?! Hubs and I traveled to 4 (yes, 4!) different Christmases between Wednesday and Friday, and trust me when I tell ya, it was exhausting!

This is our second married Christmas we've spent together and our fifth as a couple! And even though we've logged many holidays together, we are still working on nailing down actual traditions as a couple. After all, our parents and grandparents live pretty close, making things a little more hectic since we always try to see everybody. With that said, I never feel like I get to see enough of everyone. Or everything. I love being home. But such is life, I guess. Le sigh.

We headed up to hubs' Dad's house after work on Christmas Eve, which ended up being mid-afternoon since we both were able to leave work early. (major woooot!) Hubs family prepares a Christmas Eve fondue dinner ever year, which is a tradition that we love! After shoveling large amounts of food into our bellies, we opened gifts.

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brothers!
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Aunt Kimmy & her fave nephew :)
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With my bro and sissy in-law :)
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Oh, boys and their toys.
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I have to say, that as spoiled as hubs and I are with Christmas gifts, Charlie hands down got the most gifts this year. The furbaby opened gifts 3 different places. (I am scared, really scared, for our future offspring.)

Christmas morning we opened gifts at my parents' house. And did you know santa still comes to visit when you're in your twenties?! It's pretty fabulous.

My mama and her third baby.
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She loved her "im not bossy i just have better ideas" mug! :)
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My adorable little sissy. I love her to pieces!
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Coach queen!
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Hahaha. My husband doesn't hold back.
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Mama and her surprise mixer.
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Love at first sight :)
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My awesome gift!
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My fabulous red satin shoes!
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My mom went all out as usual. She fed us enough food to last us all winter and I could feasibly hibernate until March without consuming another morsel. But that is what moms do, right? They feed you until you have to moan and groan and roll yourself downstairs, then they do it all over again the next day.


So after we emerged from our food comas, and said goodbye to my parents, we headed to my mama-in-laws house to do it all over again!

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My wonderful in laws!
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family portrait including the baby.
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Exhausted from all the visits!
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There are those moments that make me so happy I feel like my heart could burst, and that's spending time with our loved ones over the holidays. As hectic as things sometimes get, we always try to remind ourselves how lucky we are to be surrounded by so many loving and supportive people. One of the things I love most about being newly married is discovering each other's holiday traditions and figuring out what our own holiday traditions will be. And with both our families having plenty of deep-seated traditions that they (and we) cherish, i cannot wait until we begin to establish our own.

So overall, we had some wonderful Christmases! And hubs and I are both off from work all this week! So needless to say we are still in our PJs, relaxing, drinking our coffee and watching endless marathons of Law & Order!




28 comments:

  1. what wonderful pictures!!! looks like you had a great Christmas!!

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  2. omg you have the cutest little family! just love it. glad you had a fun christmas vacation. and those red satin shoes look JUST LIKE my wedding shoes :) adore them

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  3. Looks like you had a wonderful Christmas! Great pictures!

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  4. How fun! You have such a fun blog! :)

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  5. Great pictures, glad you enjoyed your Christmas! I watched 7 hours of law and order svu over the holidays, it was greatness! Enjoy!

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  6. Woohoo for being off work this week...I so wish I could stay at home! Love thos pics, you look fabulous!

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  7. How fun! And I have to say neither you nor your hubby look anything like your siblings! I think your sisters dark hair is what through me off! We don't have any real traditions for us yet either so I can sympathize with being shuttled around to so many gatherings. I'm hoping next year with the new baby we can finally start some things that are just our little family.

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  8. It looks like y'all had a wonderful Christmas! I love those red shoes you got!

    I know how ya feel when it comes to parents and in-laws living close and wanting to see everyone. My parents and in-laws live 25 minutes apart, and you want to see everyone, but then you feel so rushed! Maybe one of these years we'll figure it out.

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  9. Great pics. I love the satin shoes and the book!

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  10. Cute pictures and I love you magenta shirt! =)

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  11. I love the pictures... and you and your hubs are so cute.
    Oh and those shoes!?!? Get out of town! They are beautiful!!!
    You survived four Christmas'... you can do anything :)
    Hopefully next year you can work on some more traditions of your own!

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  12. I love your blog! Looks like you had an amazing Christmas, and the photos with the new camera rock, I can't wait to learn how to use mine!

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  13. What a fabulous Christmas you had! Love those red shoes and what an adorable pink shirt you had on! That mug you got your mom is so funny!

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  14. GREAT Christmases, I am dying over the red shoes!

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  15. What fun pictures!! I LOVE the red shoes!!

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  16. love it! looks like you had a lovely holiday!

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  17. It looks like you had a wonderful Christmas! Your camera takes amazing pictures...I am trying to convince my fiance to get me the same one. No luck yet :(
    Oh, and I LOVE the red shoes!!

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  18. All of ya'lls pictures and facials are hilarious!!!!

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  19. Looks like you had a fabulous Christmas!! I agree with everyone else - those red shoes are just awesome! I think Rachel Zoe would tell you to loan them to me ;-)

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  20. Wow that sounds tiring but I'm glad you had a great Christmas!

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  21. Great gifts and great pictures. Love the A to Zoe book. I may need that!!

    Fabulous as always my dear!!

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  22. Just wanted to let you know I have passed on a blog award to you! Go over to my blog and you can check it out :-)

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  23. I LOVE all those pics!

    And I just love that top you had on in the 1st set of pics!

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  24. Your dog is adorable, I have a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel too! They're the sweetest dogs :)

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