This year we decided we wanted to initiate our own Christmas traditions and spend Christmas at home…although until we are living in our own house we still won’t really feel like it’s “our Christmas”; however, that will come soon enough next year. This year we went to Virginia Beach Friday evening in order to have an early Christmas celebration with Justin’s family. We spent over 6 hours in the car….a trip that normally takes 3 1/2 hours….(on the bright side it took a record time of 3 hours 10 minutes door to door on the way home Sunday).
We arrived in Virginia Beach late Friday night after the girl’s bedtime; however, we still wanted to stop by and see Justin’s parents. They were a little cranky but it was late so we didn’t stay very long….just long enough to say hello and the girls to have their night time bottles before checking into the hotel.
Saturday morning we arrived back over at Justin’s parents shortly after 10:00 am. It didn’t take long for the girls to warm up. They made themselves quite comfortable and had fun being the entertainment for the day. They definitely had the hang of opening up presents….they definitely did not at their first birthday. I think having eight nights of Hanukkah just a few weeks early helped them to understand the concept of opening gifts. We have discovered recently that Emerson might have a little OCD when it comes to cleaning and things being kept in order and her need to put every piece of wrapping paper in the trash (prior to her finishing opening the gift) confirmed that she is indeed a little extreme with her tidiness considering she is only 16 months.
The girls had a great time dancing to the Christmas musical decorative pieces and Emerson was very quick to turn the sound on as soon as it shut off. Avery was her partner in crime. She waited for Emerson to turn it on and then she would dance, dance, dance!
Justin’s parents really enjoyed visiting with the girls.
Emerson also had a good time trying to control grandma’s wheelchair!
And then it was present time!!!
The girls really had a great time on Saturday. Justin and I even ran to the store Saturday evening and left the girls with Justin’s sister Jennifer and Kaya and they were quite excited to be hanging out with Aunt Jenny and cousin Kaya! They didn’t want to leave to go back to the hotel! After a great night of sleep for all of us, we went back over to Justin’s parent’s house Sunday morning.
Hello Grandma! Good morning. Are you glad to see me Emerson again?
Hey…hey…don’t forgot about me little Avery! I’m pretty glad to see you again this morning too!
Avery was a little clingy Sunday morning and it really took her awhile to warm up….but we kept trying to get her to warm up to everyone…
