Christmas

We had a fun Christmas this year. It was our first Christmas to not go to one of our parent's houses and we were actually pretty excited about it. We enjoyed not traveling and the opportunity to establish our own traditions. Kim and Austin (Tommy's aunt and uncle who live in Indiana) came for a short visit though and we had a really great time with them. They arrived on Christmas Eve and left the morning of the 26th. We played several games and had fun chatting and eating too much. Bradley loved being the center of attention of four adults. :)

On Christmas Eve, Tommy made Zuppa Tuscana, a knock off version of the soup from Olive Garden. It was so good! We then did our Christmas Eve traditions and sang lots of carols.

 Bradley putting his stocking on the couch for Santa. He got really upset when we made him let go because he loved the jingle bells. 

 Santa came!

 Christmas morning when Bradley first saw his rocking horse.

 New book and first tie from Santa

 Helping Kim and Austin open their gifts.

 I'm pretty sure Bradley's favorite thing from Santa was his banana and apple. Easy to please.

 Bradley has always loved stuffed animals and dogs, so we got him this incredibly soft, huge dog. We named him Chester. Bradley loves him and lays all over him. 

 And the favorite gift was the play kitchen! Bradley is obsessed with kitchen things and he loves putting things into containers. So this was the perfect gift. He has played with it so much already!

 Tommy and Bradley went out to chase some birds. (This was before the snow came. It started on Christmas night and snowed most of the next day)

 Playing with the kitchen all day. 

 Loving on Chester. :)

Tommy and I gave ourselves a Wii. We have been having a blast playing it. Our date nights at home just got a lot more fun. :)

This video is of Bradley being silly at dinner on Christmas Eve. He has been making funny faces at us lately and it cracks us up.

It was a really fun Christmas and I feel so incredibly grateful for my little family.