Christmas 2018

I prepared for this Christmas in advance, just like I said I would earlier this year. All presents were purchased and wrapped weeks ahead of time. When Christmas actually came around this year there was no last minute gifts or food. That never happens. I’m never this prepared and it freaked me the fuck out. I love trying  to keep it all together so when it actually happened I’m not sure what I did right but I’m with it. This Christmas had be questioning myself “why don’t I prepare this much every year? “ Not to self : I’m mimicking everything I did this Christmas next year !All jokes aside, this Christmas was just as great as our Thanksgiving holiday ( is it just me or did it seem like the weeks after Thanksgiving passed so damn slow). 

We all split up for the holidays since Waymon and I had to work . Haidyn went off with Hootsee and Papa for the weekend, while Waymon and I finished up her Christmas gift and worked. Haidyn had has no issues going away for the weekend. We’re pretty sure that she prefers to be out there instead of at home. ( We don’t blame her). She spent the entire weekend with family , delivering gifts and hugs to everyone. I , on the other hand, had no idea what to do with myself with no husband and no Haidyn. I love the chaos more than I like to admit. By the end of the weekend, I couldn’t wait to be reunited with everyone.

Christmas Eve, I made pancit, lumpia and pot stickers for the family while we waited for Santa. I was sweating bullets making pancit for the family! I’m thankful I didn’t mess it up or we would’ve been eating frozen pizza.  We made Santa cookies that Santa couldn’t eat because I made too many damn cookies. Haidyn could care less if Santa ate the cookies she made because she saw the gifts under the tree.  Haidyn is definitely a morning person so Christmas day made no difference to her usual routine . She woke up bright and early to make sure she could open everything under the tree. She’s in the running for the slowest present opener but it was amazing open everything with the biggest smile on her face. Christmas day we spent with family eating more than we should, per usual and watching “Christmas” movies. We are all considering Die Hard a Christmas movie regardless of what Waymon thinks. Christmas dinner left us stuffed beyond belief with crab , steak , mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and tiramisu. Mmmmmm can we always eat like it’s the holidays? This Christmas was a great way to end such a great year. We don't do a big Christmas but I feel like we outdid ourselves with Haidyn this year. She was such a good girl this entire year that we felt like she deserved so much more than we gave her. I'm seriously so blessed to have such a good kid.

Thanksgiving 2018

I always look forward to Thanksgiving every year not just because of the food but because of the amount of time I get to spend with my family. We spent this holiday week at the movies. We’ve never been at the movies this much before, but I enjoyed it. We watched Fantastic Beasts, Wreck It Ralph and Creed II !  Haidyn loves going to the movies now which is just a plus to her movie taste! I’m sure that watching a movie on thanksgiving will be one of our new traditions.  

 

Thanksgiving day , MIL and I bundled up to walk/ run the Fernley Turkey Trot with the wonderful KAIA ladies.  She ran, I walked snail speed.  We planned a simple dinner menu with a ton of easy appetizers for us to snack on all day long. Does it get better than endless apps?   We all spent the day in comfy clothes with exception of Haidyn dressing up for pictures. Oh yes, we faked those pictures pretty well. No mini-vacation time is complete without sweats.We’re finally getting the hang of relaxing during this time of year.

 After spending a few days in Wadsworth , we sped back home to put up our Christmas tree! Oh yes, the entire house went from Fall to Winter in 2.5 seconds. Haidyn and Frankie were all about this decor change.Can you tell they absolutely love this time of the year?