Christmas 2015

Simply put, Christmas this year was wonderful. Despite coughs, colds, ear infections, and laryngitis, it was so memorable and fun. Opening gifts with Gabriella was probably my favorite part of the whole holiday. She didn't quite understand that you have to rip the paper off, but once she saw that there were toys under the paper, she was very interested! We tried to keep her gifts practical knowing that she would be spoiled by her grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles, but there were certainly a few treats under the tree. Santa brought a sled, a bike helmet, new pajamas, a set of hand puppets, a puzzle, a ball, and some other small necessities. There's a page from Nancy Tillman's The Spirit of Christmas that perfectly sums up how we felt about Christmas this year...

Christmas last year was just so hard... Gabriella had a horrible reaction to a vaccine and was put back on life support, I ended up needing surgery, and we were an emotional mess. But this year was just so perfect that the coughs, colds, and lack of sleep didn't matter at all. (Side note... we hit a major 15 month old sleep regression that we had to tackle head on this week. I'll blog about that fiasco another day :))

So here is our Christmas in photos. I didn't take as many as I wish but that's okay. This was a Christmas we will never forget.

xo,
Mary