The Last Two Days of Christmas

Well before Christmas we planned to spend all day on the 24th with Jon's family and then all day on the 25th with my family. Sadly Grandma fell ill and was so sick she couldn't make it to our house Christmas day. We tried to make the best of it but the day wasn't what any of us had hoped for. When the boys woke up they were super excited to see their Santa bags and a present from the big guy. After trying to get some anticipatory photos we let them dig in. They were very excited by the fun loot in their bags and over the moon that Santa had remembered the 2.5 foot Batwing Superhero toy they had told him about. We had breakfast and then Grandpa and G-Momma arrived. We stayed in our pajamas, Skyped with Uncle Kyle and family, opened gifts, made ginger bread houses, and then had the minestrone soup G-Momma had made for dinner for lunch instead. After lunch we all spent a bit more time together and then G-Momma headed home while it was still light out and traffic wouldn't be too bad. We called Blingy to wish her a Merry Christmas and then Grandpa went home to take care of Grandma. Since our plans for the evening had changed drastically we decided to make the best of it. We made a nice dinner and then watched Home Alone with the boys.

The week after Christmas we were supposed to celebrate with Grandpa's side of the family. Grandma had planned on hosting at their house but had since had two allergic reactions to medications and been diagnosed with pneumonia so the party was relocated to Uncle Mark and Aunt Penny's and Grandma, sadly, once again missed out on the festivities. The boys had a great time playing with Ben and were spoiled with presents from Aunt Jana. It was fun catching up with what everyone had been doing over the holidays and nice to see Great Papa Dean up and about after a hard few months.