Christmas wrap-up: Day after Christmas

The day after Christmas I always do some shopping. It's always a good time to stock up on all of my wrapping supplies and anything else Christmas. I used all of my wrapping paper that I had bought last year since I had so many presents to wrap. And we all know there are going to be even more presents next year when our little man is here! I got up early and headed to Target first. It was pretty busy but I found a lot of great wrapping paper, gift bags, tissue paper, gift tags, etc. After Target I headed to the Container Store. I did really well there last year but there were literally 150 people waiting outside this year. I was only able to pick up a few rolls of wrapping paper there. I did pick up a cute outdoor mat for the winter though.

In the end I did really well. In a couple of hours I was totally re-stocked for next year and I spent less than $100 to fill up my entire trunk!

I headed home around 10. When I had left, Michael was in bed. When I got home he was busy taking down all of our Christmas decorations! I couldn't believe it. We finished taking down the tree and our Christmas village and then hauled everything downstairs. By 2 pm everything was put away and we were exhausted! We both passed out and took a nap for a couple of hours. As much as I love our Christmas decorations, I do love taking them down and have everything look fresh and new again.

It was a very productive day and apparently we were on a roll because the following day we bought all of Baby E's nursery furniture and we booked the restaurant for our baby shower! More details on Baby E's nursery to come next week!

Christmas wrap-up: Christmas Day

On Christmas Day Michael and I had our own little family Christmas here at home. Michael made us a yummy French toast breakfast and we opened up gifts.

I got Michael a bunch of fun stocking stuffers as well as a set of Bose noise cancelling headphones and I also got him a really cute gift for Baby E, a hamburger onesie. If you know Michael, he loves his hamburgers so when I saw this onesie I knew I had to get it for his little boy!

Michael bought me a bunch of my favorite things including gift cards and some of my favorite candy. I also got a a very pretty blue box from Tiffany! My favorite part of the morning was watching Porkchop open his presents. He gets crazy! He can rip open a present quicker than any kid.

We relaxed the rest of the morning and Michael took a little nap. We headed to Arla and Teddy's at 12:30 to celebrate Christmas with my family. When we got there we had some appetizers for lunch and just hung out before we started opening gifts. 

Miss Lily looked on from her bouncy seat while Mom and Dad opened her many gifts!

We got Lily 4 books, a Leap Frog picnic basket, a Leap Frog laptop, and some clothes.

 This was a special gift from my Dad to Lily. He bought my sister the exact same doll for her first Christmas and he found the same one to give to Lily. Needless to say, Arla was pretty surprised!

After they opened all of Lily's gifts they opened up their gifts. Arla got a bunch of workout gear, gift cards, hair straightener and blow dryer. Teddy got a bunch of work and comfy clothes, slippers and some fun Star Wars Lego pens and ornament.

Michael and I were up next, we had lots of gifts to open for Baby E, it was like a mini baby shower. He is already spoiled and he's not even here yet! He received lots of clothes, some books, and toys. 

Baby E is all set for Christmas next year, he got a whole set of "my first Christmas" gear!

We loved this little puppy we got too, he plays some jamming tunes Michael was dancing too, HA!

After we finished all of Baby E's gifts it was time for Michael and I to open our gifts. We received a video camera, keyboard for our iPad, I got my diaper bag, Michael got some weather mats for his car and we got a bunch of gift cards.

One of my favorite gifts, my diaper bag! I'm officially a Mommy now! 

Finally it was Mom and Dad's turn to open up gifts. Mom got a Lladro from my Dad and she got an iPad from us and Arla and Teddy, a couple of Shutterfly calendars and some gift cards. Dad got some belts, a new bowling bag, a tree trimmer, an ornament and some gift cards.

My Dad surprised my Mom with a Lladro that represents Lily, their first grand daughter. She was very surprised and the tears were flowing. Dad earned lots of brownie points for that one!

Michael and I along with Arla and Teddy surprised her with an iPad. She was really surprised!

We hung out for a few hours and then it was time for dinner. My Mom and Dad worked on dinner. We had salad, broccoli, twice baked potatoes, filet mignon and crab legs. Everything was delicious! 

 Lily looked on from the kitchen island

 We kept the tradition of lobster bibs for eating our crab!

For dessert my Mom made baked Alaska, one of my favorites!

It was such a fun and special day. I can't wait until next year when our little man is here to join in on all of the festivities!