Just Mom's Crew...
The whole Fam - (Top L to Btm R): MIL Virginia, Gma Ella, FIL Bob, Gpa Don, Brother Chris, Brother Joe, (Blair is missing because she took the picture), Cousin Brit, Rob, Cousin Eric, Me, Cousin Donnie, Cousin Billy, Aunt Kathy, Mom, Harlan, Step Sister Heather.... shhhheeesse..
The Hargrave ClanChristmas Day, rolling on 3 hours of sleep was another great day. (Thanks to my sweet husband and thoughtful soon to be sister in law who brought me carmel macchiatos) We spent the day with my Mom's side of the family like we always do. Trevor again got spoiled rotten. His Amma and Papa spoiled him and his Uncles went crazy! I had no idea that they made so many Tom and Jerry movies, but they do, and he got 7 of them. He got a new kitchen to "make dinner time", and lots of other toys to keep him busy.
Trev playing with his new carrier and Mack.... (We need to buy stock in Disney!)
Trevor playing with his new Kitchen
Trevor with Santa
Trev playing with his new carrier and Mack.... (We need to buy stock in Disney!)
Trevor playing with his new Kitchen
Trevor with SantaTrevor had a special visitor come on Christmas Day. Santa actually came and delivered his presents to him in person! We lost my Step-Grandpa Don this summer and it has been tradition in their family that Don dressed up as Santa every year for the kids and grandkids. Without him here, Harlan took over Santa duty. I have never taken Trevor to see Santa purely because neither one of us does well with long waits or lines. So basically we had no idea if he was going to climb up in his lap and be fine or plain freak out at this Santa in his house of all places!
He was perfect and I bawled (hormones?)... Santa came down the stairs with his bag of gifts and Trevor sat right next to him, opened his presents and then helped him hand out the rest of the presents. He had great conversation with Santa and didnt seem scared a bit! I was so proud of him! It was precious and a very cherished moment for us.
We decided this year to skip the whole big to-do family dinner and just have everyone bring a couple heavy appetizers for everyone. It was so nice! No big meal to cook, no big mess to clean, no schedule, no huge table to set, it was wonderful especially for me! Everyone could pick and snack on whatever they wanted all day and it couldn't have worked out better. We still had tons of food left over, but not having all the pots and pans was fabulous!
It was a very busy 48 hours, but we are so blessed to have so much family. This was our last Christmas with just Trevor and the first Christmas since both of my brothers have been home. This was also the first Christmas without Don and my Uncle David which was something that I really tried not to think much of. It just made me take a few more pictures and try and enjoy the time that I have with the people that we are so fortunate to still have around.
He was perfect and I bawled (hormones?)... Santa came down the stairs with his bag of gifts and Trevor sat right next to him, opened his presents and then helped him hand out the rest of the presents. He had great conversation with Santa and didnt seem scared a bit! I was so proud of him! It was precious and a very cherished moment for us.
We decided this year to skip the whole big to-do family dinner and just have everyone bring a couple heavy appetizers for everyone. It was so nice! No big meal to cook, no big mess to clean, no schedule, no huge table to set, it was wonderful especially for me! Everyone could pick and snack on whatever they wanted all day and it couldn't have worked out better. We still had tons of food left over, but not having all the pots and pans was fabulous!
It was a very busy 48 hours, but we are so blessed to have so much family. This was our last Christmas with just Trevor and the first Christmas since both of my brothers have been home. This was also the first Christmas without Don and my Uncle David which was something that I really tried not to think much of. It just made me take a few more pictures and try and enjoy the time that I have with the people that we are so fortunate to still have around.
1 comments:
That was so special Jen. What a nice sentiment of the day. I loved it too.
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