Christmas Traditions

I read a blog that asked us about our Christmas traditions. I started to comment with mine and realized that it was getting way too long, so I will just make it a post for all of you to read.

Growing up, we would always go to my Grammy and Granddad's for Christmas Eve dinner. It always involved shrimp to snack on before and prime rib. Then Christmas morning after we do the whole present thing at home everyone would go back there to open presents there. She would always have a big ham and rolls to make sandwiches. The last 5 years or so my mom started to make Monkey Bread for breakfast.
I don't know what it is, but the smell of a nice delicious ham will always remind me of Christmas.

My husband's family always goes all out for dinners, so Christmas dinner is no exception. I know they do prime rib, and I'm sure a ham as well. There is so much food I can't really remember all of it. And his mom makes home made apple, pecan, and pumpkin pie. Heaven!!!!!!!

Chris and I started by switching off families staying at one place Christmas eve and driving to the other one Christmas night. But we decided its best to do my side Christmas eve and drive down there on Christmas and stay a couple days after, so that is what we do. Before we would just go straight to my Grammy's house when we woke up. But now that Zo is a bit older, we are going to stay at our house and open family presents then go to Grammys at like 9. And hopefully be on the road by 11. Get to Chris's family around 2. Open gifts there and dinner at 5. Its a crazy 24 hours, but we like it. Nothing is better than family time. And getting to see everyone in both sides in one day is pretty awesome.

Chris's family doesn't put names on their gifts. His mom numbers them all and has a list of what number goes to who. I guess they had too many snoops back in the day. lol. So now someone sits by the tree yells out a number, Chris' mom yells out the name and the gift is gently (sometimes) thrown to the person. So there are presents flying all over the place.

My family was a little more traditional. My mom would use different paper for everyone, so we always knew what was ours. Santa didn't wrap presents. Which, according to Christopher is the strangest thing in the world.

So our family is going to number the family gifts and not wrap Santa gifts. Good compromise, right?

Oh man, who knew so many traditions were involved with one little day.

Story of my life

I woke up today to my husbands alarm at 420. My mouth was really dry so for some reason I couldn't go back to sleep. Husband kept sleeping and I was still awake. So finally at 5 I got a glass of water. Apparently I went overboard because now I can't sleep because I have a belly ache. Naturally.

December 6th

A day in the life of dearest Zoey.

Starts out with tickling mommy on the face. then a little climbing on mommy, only to get thrown off, which is even more fun than the initial conquest.

Then she potties all by herself.

Zoey picks out her clothes to wear today for her and her baby, Baby is in a tank top and a hat, and Zoey is wearing her swimsuit. I don't question her.

She eats ereo and mik: Cheerios and milk and gets mad when I give her juice instead or rite (sprite). I gotta be a parent on some things, right?

And now she is cooking with her little pots and pans and fruit snacks. She made me break the fruit snacks in little pieces and put in all her pans.  And i believe she is now putting them in her pocket.

Man, life is rough when you are two.

Nothing too exciting

Thanksgiving has come and gone. And with that, so has wearing my skinny jeans. jk jk. We spent in at the in-laws with a sick baby. If any of you have experienced croup, its the worst thing ever. Poor baby would wake up not able to breath and just scream, which would make it worse. We had a long couple of nights. And on top of that I was sick too.

Now we are just trying to get ready for December. Lots of parties, ski trips, shopping. Its hard to get everything done when Chris works 14-16 hours a day an hour away from home. That leaves everything up to me, and I just have not been feeling that well. So its been a chalenge. But we will make it through.

It had been a while since I posted and it drives me nuts when blogs I read do that, so here you go, fellow readers, a new, not exciting, post.