Christmas recap

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

I wrote a very thorough Christmas post last night, but then it got deleted (ugh), so this will be an abbreviated version.  

This was our year to go to Milwaukee for Christmas, so we spent an early Christmas with my family at our house the Sunday before.  We kept it simple, ordered takeout, and just hung out!  We did Secret Santa this year with the adults and adult kids in our family, so John and I opened our gifts from our Secret Santas – mine was Dad, and John’s was Chris. :)

Santa came to our house that Sunday morning, as well!  Since we were leaving the following Friday, we decided to give Perry her gifts on Sunday.  She got a kitchen and accessories to go with it!  We also got her a couple of other small things. 

My parents stayed with us that entire week leading up to Christmas (thanks, Harvey, for giving us extra time with them!).  My mom was off school, so she hung out with Perry and I during the days.  Thank goodness she was there because both Perry and I were very sick for a couple days.  Boo.  Anyway, that Thursday evening, my parents gave us and Perry our gifts!  Perry had fun opening gifts this year!

Friday morning we left for Milwaukee!  Perry did ok on the flight.  It’s not that she fusses the entire time or anything like that, but she is just SO BUSY and NON-STOP that it’s just so hard to contain her, despite all of the toys and snacks we brought with us.  But we made it!  On Christmas Eve we went to church at 4:00, and then the whole family came over for drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and desserts.  We opened gifts on Christmas morning.  Santa brought Perry a baby grand piano (thank you, Ama and Papa!) and a stocking.  We stayed in our jammies most of the day, and enjoyed a nice Christmas dinner that evening! 

Highlights from the rest of our trip include a trip to the Children’s Museum, dinner with friends, playtime at a cute play café, girls night out for dinner and Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert (one of my awesome Christmas gifts!), movie nights, SNOW, and more!

My sweet baby wasn't feeling well, and she fell asleep on her mama. She hasn't done that in 6 months! I loved it!

It certainly was a Merry Christmas!!