anyways, back to christmas. the festivities started off with amos' aunt's annual christmas eve party. as usual, there was a lot of extra delicious food. we're so lucky to have such wonderful cooks in both of our families, and since they do completely different styles of food, we get a great variety wherever we go. i do have to say, that i love aunt lu's macaroni and cheese. sorry, mom. :-)
maddy received her first gift that night. (well, we had gotten her 3 richard scarry books already, but they weren't necessarily christmas presents, it just happened to be christmas when we got them). madelyn's grammie and grandad got her a beautiful sled! she's a little too small to ride in it now, but next winter will be so much fun. i took the (empty) sled out for a spin yesterday to see how well it did, and it skidded along great. as soon as she can sit up on her own, we'll get a picture of her in it and i'll post it up here.
christmas morning was very low-key at our house. i don't know if it's laziness or apathy, but other than the christmas tree, we didn't do anything this year. lol. i guess with a new house and baby we have plenty of excuses. anyways, we eventually made it over to grammie and pop heston's house for christmas breakfast with the extended heston clean (my mother-in-law's family). after another delicious breakfast by marie, it was present time. madelyn got so many cute clothes and very very much appreciated diapers. :-) diapers are always a big hit as presents. :-) after some family photos and catching up with relatives, we returned home. amos' parents came to pick up nippy and we had another gift exchange with them. madelyn got super cute wrist rattles that have been on her hands almost non-stop since. then, it was time to make the trek down to moneta to the dungan estate.
my dad's two sisters had come for christmas, which was super great. other than the wedding, i hadn't seen betty since 1999 and jacque since probably 1995 or something. it's rough growing up thousands of miles away from all your relatives. at least we're closer now and maddy will be able to know her whole family. (well most of it. there's still a few people far away)
we left nippy at home because jacque and cliff had brought their two french bull dogs. amos and i totally want a frenchie now, but we need to wait until our current pet situation as decreased. there were 4 dogs in the house, and nippy wouldn't have been pleased.
after a yummy christmas dinner, it was time for presents once more. maddy got several cute outfits, but the winner of the day was her new doll, "dollie," from her nana. (my mom). she is in love with this doll. she hugs it, chews on it, stares at it's face. it's so cute. amos and i have actually started looking for another one that we can have as a spare in case anything happens to the current dollie.
we stayed at my parent's house for a few days. it was madelyn's first extended stay anywhere, and only her second night away from home. but she did pretty good. christmas weekend was the first time she ever slept completely through the night. i'm talking like 10 hours here. she's still doing it now a week later. :-) hooray!
i'm tired of typing so i will end this. it was a good christmas. not that i've ever really known a bad one. the year my parents sold the house in california and we spent christmas in a (very nice) apartment near stanford with no decorations and most of our belongings either in boxes or already in storage in virginia was pretty special though.. lol.
happy new year!
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