After all was fixed to a "good enough" state we snapped a few pictures of Talon in front of the tree.
Being the first year I have been with Jeff's family for Christmas it was fun to see how they did things. They start off in the parent's bedroom where a family prayer is said followed by a small snack of OJ or egg nog with poppy seed bread. Following we all get to walk our together, youngest to oldest to see the tree (this is where I broke the rule doing pictures first!)
You could say Christmas was a success this year. After all the stress and worry about feeling so far behind on everything left. I was able to stop and enjoy the important moments with my boys and really take in this first Christmas with Talon.
We were spoiled this year for sure! Jeff surprised me with my present early because he got me a new camera!! I never thought I would get it, I have been putting money away for it for a while and the sweet man got it for me! I asked for a lot of stuff to help organize our house and clothes. My parents bought us a computer and we used the money from Jeff's parents to buy a new monitor. Talon got a bunch of toys and some clothes. Jeff was a though one for me this year. For the past couple of years I have gotten him shoes so those were out. He was checking out watches and so I gave that idea to my parents. So I got him two tickets to a cubs game, but I had to make them because they don't actually go on sale until the spring! He got new work clothes and some business books. I tell ya he was tricky!
After we opened gifts we had breakfast then got ready for church. After Church we came back and the rest of the family came over and opened all of their gifts. We ended the day at Jeff's Grandma's house with a fun little get together with the Gardunos.
The crew minus Talon because he was taking a much needed nap!
We had a great Christmas and can't thank everyone enough for being so generous this year!
