Christmas 2011 - Part 2 and 3

I want to get these up on the blog and be done with Christmas posts! I can't believe it has taken me this long. Wow.

Anyways, we spent Christmas Eve at our house and woke up Christmas morning ready to open gifts and just spend time as our little family for a bit. We lounged around the house, Brian made a delicious Christmas breakfast and we got to take our sweet time getting ready before heading back to my parents house. It was perfect. Nothing was rushed. We were able to just enjoy the moment.

Later in the afternoon, we headed back to my parents house to visit with my great aunt and uncle that had come over for the day. They hadn't seen Mason since he was about 5 months old, so needless to say, they were excited to see him! We had a nice visit, enjoyed yummy food and then headed home to rest up as we were leaving bright and early the next morning for Tennessee.

The day after Christmas we hit the road for what would be a 9 hour car ride to Tennessee. We left bright and early in hopes that Mason would sleep. While, he didn't sleep much he was a dream travel buddy and only whined for about 30 minutes the whole way there. We made plenty of stops and were more than ready to arrive that afternoon!

We had a great time visiting with Brian's family and Mason really enjoyed seeing his Grandma and Grandpa Moore and Aunt Traci and Uncle Robert. We exchanged gifts and enjoyed spending time with family and catching up.

We stayed in Tennessee for about 5 days and had a wonderful time. It was nice to sit back and relax and Grandma and Grandpa loved playing with Mason and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Although Mason wasn't a great sleeper while we were there, which I expected, we managed and made the most of each day.
One of the highlights of the trip for Mason was that he got to ride in a tractor with Brian and then sit on a bulldozer with Brian. He loved it! I think they were both in heaven!

Thank you Doris and Jim for your generosity and hospitality and for watching Mason for us so we could enjoy some time alone and time to just relax.

And that, my friends, was Christmas 2011 in a nut shell.