Christmas 2013 was easily the best Christmas we have ever had. It was relaxed, fun, delicious and overflowing with laughter and love. It was everything we had hoped for for our first Christmas as a full family.
I managed to finish our family Christmas stockings - 3 days before the big day! That was a huge relief, especially because I'd been searching high and low for weeks for the perfect little gifts to fit in them. And Mum/nanna made a gorgeous little Liberty fabric summer dress for Isla to wear on the big day.
We set the Christmas tree up outside because the weather was supposed to be gorgeous (and it was!). We dug out the Christmas decorations and got started. Logan watched on from his activity centre while Isla 'helped' decorate. And by help, I mean she took off in the opposite decoration with anything she could get her hands on! Until one of the little glass baubles smashed - then she was given the job of hanging the plastic baubles! Here she is trying to hang them on the tree:
I actually got them last year when I was pregnant with Logan. They are 'Baby's 1st Christmas' baubles, and I couldn't resist them. I knew that I would need them both this Christmas and I loved seeing them hanging on the tree together.
Once the tree was decorated and the champers (plural) were chilling in the fridge, we set out the beer and mm's for Santa and finally put our feet up ready for the big man to do his work.
On Christmas morning, we woke up to the sweetest sounds! We could hear Logan gurgling away in his cot and Isla chattering to Bunny (her favourite teddy) as she always does. Hubby and I grabbed a baby each and pottered downstairs to start the day. We laid a quilt out next to the tree and sat down with the kids, whilst Nanna snapped away with her camera. They are still so young (9 and 21 months) so they needed help, but that was half the fun for us as well. We unwrapped books and games and there were a lot of cars and trucks for Logan - to balance out all the pink stuff that Isla got for Christmas last year. Isla got a pram to walk her new Dora doll that Santa dropped off. And Logan got this great trailer that became a fast favourite.
I got spoiled too! Hubby got me a table-top Portable Photo Studio & Lighting Kit and I'm so excited to see how my photos turn out using the little tripod. And mum made up a hamper full of treats for all of us to enjoy over the Christmas period.
But the biggest treat?! Was the food. See, for the last two Christmas's I've been pregnant with our beautiful babies, and therefore unable to drink or enjoy ANYTHING tasty. So this year there was bottles of Champagne and seafood everywhere!
Mum and I set up the table outside next to the Christmas tree.
And for brunch we had the most delicious Smoked Salmon Bruschetta with Champagne and my punch. It was SO yummy and really lovely to sit around the table together. Well most of us. We couldn't drag Isla away from her new toys for too long but Logan sat with us for a little while.
We ate SO much (as usual) but that is what Christmas is all about right? And we weren't going anywhere. We just relaxed and played with the kids until dinner time, which was even more exciting and delicious. We had my request --> Prawn Cocktails:
And for main course, hubby requested Crayfish Mornay -->
Like I said, we spoiled ourselves - but it's been along time coming! Two Christmas's without seafood or alcohol? I had to make up for lost time. And I did. I had, like I said, 'easily the best Christmas we have ever had!!!'.
I hope you did too xx
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