In typical fashion this is a little late, but I wanted to share a few highlights from the holidays before January is completely over. We spent Christmas at my parents' house in Portland, but before we left, we celebrated with an early faux-Christmas morning at our house. Our big gift to Nicholas was a train table, which we spent almost four hours assembling the night before we celebrated our Christmas morning. I foresee lots of future Christmas Eves spent this way. . .
Jason, admiring his masterpiece. It would not stay this neat for long.
The next morning, when Nicholas woke up, we brought him out into the living room to see what Santa brought . . .
As hoped, it was a big hit!
Then we opened the remainder of our gifts to each other and the gifts Jason's parents had left with us at Thanksgiving. Nicholas really got the hang of unwrapping gifts this year and decided pretty quickly that he is a big fan of presents.
The next day we boarded a plane to Portland to visit my family for a week. After our less than stellar plane flight to Seattle last summer, we were nervous about the nearly eight hour trip (including a layover) to Portland, but Nicholas surprised us and did great.
Once we arrived, we spent five days relaxing and catching up with family. We admired my mom's gorgeous Christmas tree . . .
We met our new nephew and Nicholas' first cousin in the family (he was very interested in all things baby, but didn't love it when I held baby Braylon) . . .
We enjoyed our traditional Christmas Eve dinner of Swiss fondue . . .
We read The Night Before Christmas and Nicholas impressed us all by saying "Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas!" at the end of the story . . .
The next day we opened gifts (somebody was spoiled by his grandparents, aunts, and uncles) and feasted on a delicious Christmas dinner with the family . . .
Jason and I also enjoyed a date night with dinner at Navarre and we watched a bunch of movies, including at trip to the movie theater with my sister and brother-in-law to see Anchorman 2. Eh, maybe not the best choice, but it's always fun to get out and see a movie.
Despite Nicholas' expression above, we all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas week!
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