The joy of being home for the holidays is multiplied many times over as we have multiple celebrations to attend when visiting. Our cross to bear is that our families live within an hour of each other which means we don't really have an excuse to NOT bounce back and forth. This can be quite overwhelming and exhausting, but I always try reframe it as a blessing... is it really a problem to have so much family that loves you and wants to see you? I take a few breaths and remember this between the eye-twitching moments.
Christmas number one was spent at Grandma Marian's:
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| Uncle Bobo seems unimpressed with the speed in which Landon opens presents. |
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| But Uncle Bobo does score with one of the best gifts, an empty Cheez-It box. |
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| Landon mistakes Pequena dog for one of his plush toys. |
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| Hooray for all the craziness! |
The next morning was spent at Grandpa Jim's house (where the heat runs a little higher so it was a shirtless Christmas morning for the little guy):
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| Another empty box? Wonderful! |
The next day it was back down to Maryland to Papa Dude's to hang out with the extended Halvorson clan:
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| Yay, we're all looking at the camera in this one! |
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| Papa Dude photobombs our pic with Great Grandma Halvorson. |
Would you believe we hit the road again a couple days later to head back up to Pennsylvania for another celebration? This time at Aunt Jill and Uncle Bob's; despite her best efforts, Landon proved most baby-proofing efforts futile as he found other things such as pulling register covers out of her floors and stuffing blankets down the HVAC chutes. Gosh, I love that little guy. *Sigh*
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| Landon finds a stash of party paper goods in a corner cabinet. Exaltation ensues. |
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| There's a lot of cool stuff here!!!! |
Aaaand then we were back to normal hanging-around-the-house moments, like catching a nap in Daddy's arms.
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| Snore. |
This is officially our last week here on the East coast; Landon and I will be flying on Friday evening to Washington to converge with Erik to head to our new home town. I cannot wait for the day when we are in our new home, boxes are unpacked and life is normal. Even if it's boring - I'll take boring.
Hope your Christmas was wonderful whether you sat on your buns in your own home or party hardied at four or more holiday functions.
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