Christmas Day Recap

5:30 am: Will's alarm goes off because it's Thursday and it is automatically set to go off on weekdays for work. Will turns it off.

6:00 am: I can no longer attempt to go back to sleep as I am still five years old and force Will to get out of bed because...IT'S CHRISTMAS!

6-7:30 am-ish: open our gifts/stockings from each other and for Toula. Sadly, I have zero pictures of us on Christmas morning because my camera crapped out on us not too long ago. We do have it on video but it's probably not that entertaining to anyone but us. Except one part...which we later deleted. I did howevere go back and take pics of our surprise gifts to each other....

Merry Christmas to Will!

Bull and Bear cufflinks from Tiffany's. He knew I got him something from Tiffany's, courtesy of the lovely little blue box, but did not know exactly what. Lucky for me, these were exactly what he was hoping for! :)

Merry Christmas to me!

A David Yurman bracelet! I had NO idea!

We had gone into David Yurman back in November because I wanted to try on a ring. I've been really needing another ring to "balance out my hands" and was hinting at this ring for our first anniversary next May. Coincidentally, the gemstones on this bracelet match the gemstones on the ring! *wink wink*

I also got Will a couple DVD's and some courds from J. Crew. He got me a DVD, boots --that I had to take back, boo :( -- and a Burberry coat, which I thought was my big gift, but Santa obviously had bigger plans.

Toula enjoyed her doggie cookies, candy cane rawhides, and reindeer ball/rope thing.

9:30 am: Arrive at Will's parent's house. Wake up his sister. Chat. Open gifts. Chat. Lunch. Chat. Nap. Chat. All good fun!

Mrs. Lofland made all of these, very impressive!

digging in

family portrait!

Will's parents loved the wine rack we got them which they were able to almost completely fill up immediately! Jennifer loved her scarf (note her wearing it already in the pic) and her clothes as well. Will and I were very blessed by the Loflands and we got many many wonderful gifts. Our "joint" gift was a GPS system that Will is absolutely over the moon for. We used it on the way to my parents house even though they live a whopping 45 min away and we drive that route weekly. I just want it to tell me where to go with a British accent. So cool.

3:00 pm: Arrive at my parent's house. Greet Mom, Dad, Nate, Melinda, Mamaw and Papaw! We pretty much open gifts immediately because Nathan and Melinda have to leave at 5pm and then spend the rest of the afternoon visiting.

3-4pm: Get greatly spoiled again by my parents and watch with joy as they open their presents (both complete surprises) and love them!

Dad's first iPod!

Serving bowl from Williams' Sonoma

They have a new line of chicken/rooster tableware and I'm going to collect all the pieces for her to put in her log cabin. She commented once that they seemd "log cabiny." I agree.

Kid's stockings (Melinda's and Will's are nameless but that's okay)

These were ordered from the same place, but mine and Nathan's are from the 80's. Note the increase in size over the years. That's kind of sad...

Joint gift from my parents: New Camera!

The Nikon S60, the one with the touchscreen! Eat your heart out Ashton.

SO excited about my Holiday Barbie!

Yes, I still collect them. Don't you?

After Nathan and Melinda and my grandparents left, we ate dinner and me and Will and my parents went to see Marley and Me. O.M.G. I do not remember the last time I cried that much during a movie, honestly. My mom and I were boohooing pretty much the entire last half hour. My dad and Will even admitted to tearing up! It was the greatest movie that I will probably never watch again because my heart can't take it.

Our first Christmas was, dare I say it, PERFECT. We got to spend copious amounts of time with both our families, everyone was in great spirits, the weather was great, the food was great, the gifts were great. I really can't think of anything I would change. I am just so blessed to have a loving husband and two amazing families to share it with, and I CANNOT wait for next year!

HO-HO-HO!

xo, Lynds