Can't believe Christmas has come and gone. This year has seriously gone by SO FAST! We enjoyed the time we had together as a family. It's very nice to spend time with one another. I love not worrying about work and just getting to be Jake's mom and Steve's wife...very fun! We had a pretty low-key Christmas Eve. Utah decided to welcome Winter and we got a lot of snow. But, we took advantage of it! That morning, Steve woke up and made us all waffles. Oh boy, what a mess! Jake enjoyed every bite, and I took him to the bath immediately following him devour his breakfast. He had syrup everywhere - in his hair, on his jammies, up his arms, and all over the table. It's hard for me to let go and just let him be a 1-year-old boy, but I let him be and just enjoyed watching him "try" to feed himself (which he wants to do all the time now!)
Then the storm rolled in and we enjoyed the warmth and comfort of our own home - lovely fire, snuggling with our cute boy - a great day if you ask me!
Once the weather calmed down a bit, we got all bundled up in our snow gear and headed for Grandma's House. Jake and I played in the snow while Steve plowed my mom's drive-way. This was Jake's first time in the snow and for the most part seemed to really love it! He wasn't afraid to walk or crawl around in it and just acted pretty intrigued with it all. Glad he loved it, since it tends to do that a lot in Utah :)
After playing outside, we headed back to our house - my mom joined us for dinner and a movie! We got Jake in his Christmas jammies. Jake watched Finding Nemo while we enjoyed Pitch Perfect (again!) Afterwards, Jake got to read a few stories with Grandma before going to bed. I think we were all in bed by 10pm! I know it will get harder each year, but this year was just fun and easy!
