Christmas 2015

I'm finally able to post about Christmas!!!  My computer crashed and I just got myself a new laptop....woohoo!!!  So Christmas was just so fun this year!  We did lots of fun activities all during the month and I was just giddy for Christmas Eve to hurry up and get here...Pearce was too!  That day, we were going to go to the 3:00 Christmas eve service at church, but Pearce was just getting over a really bad cough, so we decided to stay home.  We baked our cookies and then braved the store to get reindeer food....carrots :)  Pearce arranged the cookies on a plate and poured Santa some milk.  Then Pearce arranged the carrots on a plate and put the plate outside for Santa's reindeer.  Pearce very happily went to bed early that night.  Chris and I waited for a couple hours before we got all of his presents out to arrange.   Santa brought Pearce a tent, a sleeping bag, a Peppa Pig playset, Daniel Tiger Trolley, a Minion bathrobe, and several other goodies for his stocking.  Pearce woke up around 8:00 on Christmas morning.  We all slept together in our bed :)  Pearce woke me up and asked if it Santa had come.  We got up and Chris went out to the living room to film Pearce coming out.  Pearce was soooo excited when he saw all of his gifts Santa had brought him!  Chris and I just loved watching Pearce go through everything and start playing.  Pearce saw that Santa ate his cookies and even left him a note :)  He also went outside to see if the reindeer had eaten their food, which they did :)  We left around 1:00 to drive to Dallas to have Christmas with my family.  We got there around 5:00 and really enjoyed being with everyone.  Pearce, of course, could not wait to see Nay Nay and Charlotte and as soon as he was with them, his fun began!  We had a great dinner and then opened presents.  Pearce got hooked up with all things Scooby Doo by Auntie Ashy, Auntie Jen, and Mama and Papa!  He got the Scooby Doo Haunted House, the Scooby Doo van, and the Scooby Doo characters.  He loved it all!!!  We stayed at Ashley and Wayne's for the weekend.  Saturday was Chris's birthday.  That morning, Pearce gave Daddy his birthday presents and then we went over to mom and dad's house that evening and had a feast of Mexican food.  Mom made a yummy cake for Chris.  We sang Happy Birthday and then Pearce helped Daddy blow out his candle :)  We hung out at Mom and Dad's for a while and had a great time just all being together....despite the awful weather we were having!  Chris flew back to Austin Sunday and Pearce and I stayed a couple extra days at Mama and Papa's house.  We visited Grandma and Mary one day.  Pearce is always so sweet to Grandma when we go visit and I know Grandma really enjoys Pearce's visits.  Mary is Grandma's roommate and Pearce always says hi to her :)  Mom and I got to go to two movies during our time there....one we loved and one we hated, but I still loved being with Mom doing our favorite thing!  Papa took Pearce to see Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, which Pearce loved.  Pearce got to go on a golf cart ride, play, make an orange Julius, make cookies, play some more, and watch movies.  We love Mama and Papa's house!  Pearce and I came home on Wednesday and enjoyed the rest of the Christmas break just being kind of lazy.  Actually, Pearce was lazy and I was busy decluttering/cleaning the house and doing a bit of redecorating!  Christmas was so wonderful this year.....now to get ready for a certain someone's 4th birthday!!!!