Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! I hope you spent your day with loved ones, enjoyed wonderful surprises, got everything your heart desired, and, most of all, I hope you aren't suffering the preschool plague like we are. Sickness aside, it really was the most magical holiday yet. We had to rearrange schedules and drop a few traditions we normally cherish, but in the end we enjoyed our lowkey holiday to the max. Ez's jubilance and elation carried him through any lingering cold symptoms and lifted the rest of our spirits as well. And Decky? Well, he showed up for the party in between barfing, and that's really all you can ask. 😷

We spent our Christmas Eve at home with a quiet dinner and a last round of our favorite Disney Christmas movies. This was the first year in a long time that we didn't go to my aunt's house for Christmas Eve, and it was a lot quieter than we're used to, but a restful night was just what we needed. Once the kiddos went to sleep, I decided to stay up watching Elf and managed to catch Santa in the act. He was extremely generous this year. I guess between potty training and starting school for the first time, he though Ez deserved lots of goodies. 

After a less than restful night Joe woke everyone up at 7:30 (myself included). Ez groggily walked downstairs but perked up pretty fast when he saw a room full of presents. Decky had to be dragged begrudgingly to the living room and wasn't too pleased to find out we wanted him to work (aka, unwrap presents) before he'd had his morning waffles. We tore right into stockings and presents and we all found lovely surprises waiting for us. Ez's enthusiasm at each and every present ("LOOK! IT'S A BOX!!!") will forever live in my memory. Decky beelined for his brand new maracas and all of Ez's presents (naturally). 

After presents we had just enough time for a lazy breakfast and playing with toys before heading over to my parent's house for Christmas #2. When I say that a toy store awaited us when we walked into their living room, I am not exaggerating. These two boys are so very loved and they appreciated each and every gift they got (including the wrapping and boxes). Ez's head nearly exploded with excitement and he was jumping all over the place showing everyone his new gifts by placing them millimeters from our eyeballs. It was the most infections kind of excitement and I know this will go down in history as one of our favorite Christmases ever. Decky was a lot more into the bubble wrap and the tree ornaments than presents, but to each their own and he enjoyed Christmas in his own two year old way. 

As for Joe and I, even though colds threw a wrench in our plans, overall we were just happy to spend the day with our loved ones watching the magic unfold through Ez and Decky's eyes. To everyone who braved are germy little toddlers and spent the day with us: THANK YOU! You made Christmas all that much more magical, and we love you so much. To all those we missed this year, I hope you had the best day and we were sending you lots of love and festive thoughts from Sacramento. 

To combat those post-Christmas withdrawals that I know are right around the corner, I've made a little video so we can relive the day whenever we want:

Wishing you all the most relaxing week leading up to 2018!