our merry little christmas

it came.... and went....

and was the best christmas since the real santa came to visit years ago

it was our first christmas as and with the nate clark family.

christmas for 3.

it was nice. low key. good for a 9 month old.

as much as i wanted/tried to establish every single family tradition i could think of for our first official christmas, life always has different ideas

life's first idea was on christmas eve.

we planned a delicious king crab leg dinner, christmas gift delivering, cookie making, and of course the christmas pajama opening.

but because we had an over nighter the day before where little man did not sleep... christmas eve consisted of opening pj's at 5:30 pm and putting little man to bed at 6:00 pm without participation in the king crab feast.

it was just a better option.

he was so tired.

so i went against all my christmas tradition instincts and put him to bed. 

we'll try do better next year.

he was chipper for his christmas jammie opening though

and we have all 8 minutes of the first 'gift opening' on video

i've been dreaming of having my own baby in christmas hanna's for years

they've never looked cuter then on a brig

he loves tearing my scandinavian goat apart 

mom and dad's christmas feast for two

it was lovely and delcious and i had to document that crab steak i harvested.

serious. biggest single piece of crab i have ever seen.

christmas morning arrived 

we did video and forgot pictures.

santa came

brig opened present from 6:30-12:00 with one breakfast and one nap in between

it took him that long to open 6 gifts. 

but he did seem to love all his toys and the slow unwrapping process.

i got this from nate 

:) 

we're going to be awesome bike riders in 2011

the rest of christmas was spent lounging until we headed over to bryce and lisa's for a christmas feast

soooo sooo nice to have some family to share the day with.

they were perfect hosts and we had a very fun gift exchange.

and now christmas is gone.

but it was a very merry one indeed!