We headed to Grammy's house on Christmas Eve afternoon to go to church, which was a much more pleasant event this year than last year. We got there earlier and actually got seats this year. Of course that also meant we were there an hour before mass started. Between the three of us we kept Jake pretty occupied and he didn't get antsy until the last 15 minutes or so. Jake is so funny and he loves singing, so he was attempting to sing the Christmas carols. I can't wait until next year when he can sing them more, I love hearing him sing along.
After church we headed home for some dinner and visiting and playing trivia with the Morrow's. As always we had a blast and the young team won. Jake had a blast opening presents. He really got into it this year and just wanted to keep opening them, even if they weren't his. I think we are in trouble at other kids birthday parties now! After we were done with games and presents, we headed home. Poor Jake didn't get to sleep until 10pm and didn't sleep well most of the night. Josh and I spent our night alternating sleeping in his room holding him so he would sleep. He also greeting us with a 5:30am wake up call on Christmas morning. I guess my dreams of having children that sleep until 9 or 10 on Christmas morning is probably not happening.
Too busy with his truck to smile for a picture with Momma
So once we were all up Jake stumbled into the living room to see all his presents from Santa. His big present was a play kitchen and he absolutely LOVED it! So much so that we had to literally drag him away from it to open more presents! I would say Santa did a pretty good job with that. He got a ton of presents from Santa, a guitar, some puzzles, a couple of movies, lots of Cars toys, and some markers (the cool kind that don't write on anything but the paper that comes with them!). Kid is definitely not at all spoiled!
Jake's presents from Santa
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| Obsessed with his kitchen |
We sat around and played while we waited for all the grandparents to get here for breakfast and more present opening. Grandpa and Grandma Rodriguez got here a little earlier than expected so breakfast wasn't quite ready. Jake opened some more presents while I ran around getting breakfast ready to go. Once Grammy got here we ate breakfast then hung out in the living room while Jake (and everyone else) opened his presents from Grammy. Jake again was spoiled with more toys, a backpack, and a big wheel! As soon as he opened the big wheel he hopped on and (with his backpack on) said bye to everyone and took off down the hallway. He can't quite reach the pedals all the way yet, but he still manages to get himself around, either by using his feet or using his charm to get someone to push him around! We just relaxed the rest of the day, had an early dinner, and did some more relaxing (well as much as you can relax with an almost 2 year old running around with all of his new loot!).
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| Bye bye! |
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| The after |
Grandpa and Grandma Rodriguez left right before Jake took a nap the next day. Josh and I tried to take a few moments to relax while Jake was sleeping, but it was short lived as we were headed to the Morrow's for the day after Christmas Christmas dinner. Jake got to run around with a bunch of dogs again and ended the night playing the Morrow's new kincet. He just jumped on in and was doing his own thing! It was adorable and so like him to want to be in the middle of all the action.
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| Playing the Kincet |
We had a great Christmas this year, they just get more fun the older he gets! I can't wait until we can add some more kids to the fun!
