This was the first year that we would not have any family visit or visit any family for Christmas. When I realized this last month I was actually heart broken. Why didn't anybody want to spend Leo's first Christmas with him?
In the end, it turned out to be a great weekend. The 23rd I got to bake cookies with Gwen. We made chocolate meatballs and Gingerbread Girls/Boys. On Christmas Eve we fought the crowd and saw Santa. We then had our neighbors over and Emily/Tom for dinner. It was very low key. We ate ham, mashed potatoes, mac-n-cheese and green bean casserole. All the food was delicious and most of the company was great...........with the exception of Gwen. Seriously, it was BY FAR the worst I have ever seen her. She was horrible all day. At one point during dinner I had enough so I swatted her on the butt (which I RARELY do) and threw her in her bedroom. She was screaming so loud. I seriously debated whether or not Santa would come. It was awful. I figure it is from the anticipation of Santa because she was great on Christmas day.
On Christmas Day Gwen looked out at the tree and saw a slide. She was so excited. It was so wonderful watching her as she unwrapped all of her gifts. We of course had to open everything right then and there..........she even stripped down to put on her ballet outfit we bought her to go with ballet classes. Emily and Tom had spent the night so they got to enjoy watching her as well. We did a great job with the gifts because there weren't so many that she was overwhelmed. We got through them in like 2 hours. After gifts we had mimosas and a cheesy ham/potato casserole. We then went sledding with the neighbors. It couldn't have been a more beautiful day. After sledding came naps (both kids napped AT THE SAME TIME) and lots of playing with the new toys.
Leo enjoyed his first Christmas. He got his first car which is controlled by a rattle. He loves it. He's mesmerized when the car moves. He also got to enjoy rides down the slide with his sister. I felt a smidge of sadness because we will never have another "first Christmas" with one of our children. Oh well, now it will only get more fun :-)
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