I normally just share our small family Christmas, but with Solomon and all the love he is getting and fun he's been having this year, I thought it was only write to document everything. I knew that this Christmas was going to be a fun one with his age now and my mom has been dying to buy him a BIG gift. Solomon freaks out anytime we are at a friend's house with a play kitchen, and seriously can't play with anything else, so my mom knew exactly what he needed for his playroom. We also agreed that this year would be extra special since it would most likely be Solomon's last Christmas as an only child and her only grandbaby, so I let her splurge a little. Plus, his sweet little face when he saw the kitchen was so worth it!!! Thank you, Gigi, for loving our boy so well! 

Asher wasn't left out, he got the most perfect hand knit doll that also helped feed 10 meals to kids in need.

A lot of Thank Yous and hugs for Gigi, she is the best!

My mom was also excited to surprise Peter with some goodies for his bar cart!

& this is how we all feel about her famous Christmas Dinner! YUM!!!!

Peter and his massive piece of Prime Rib!

& the best dark chocolate pistachio pie.... OH MAN!

I know I could never say it enough, so thank you again for all the love that you so freely give to us, Mom! You are so selfless and I hope that I can be more like you everyday. God has truly blessed us with your big love.

weekly three.

It's Christmas weekend!!! WOW! I can't believe it.... this year has FLOWN by and I'm so excited to start a new year with a new baby. It's going to be such a wonderful 2018. We officially started to celebrate Christmas last night with my dad and tonight is with my mom! The rest of the weekend will be full of family, presents and a lot of sweet kidos that I love so much. I can't wait to see everyone! One thing that I have been praying and wishing for this whole pregnancy is one last year with just Solomon. So, I guess I'm paying for that now... ha, cause I don't think Asher will be here until after Christmas. BUT, let's all pray that he's here before the New Year, please!!! Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!!!

updating one of my favorite frames with my new favorite winter picture of us!

my boys at the midwife office, I can't wait to see them together!!!

Solomon with Santa, aka my Dad! haha, his beard is pretty great right now for Christmas. 

slumber parties at Gigi's.

My mom and I have always loved traditions. She has definitely has taught me to love making traditions and keeping them for our family, and I"m so thankful for that. I decided to spend the night at my mom's house after the girls night Christmas hang out and it was so much fun! Solomon slept so well all night and it was so sweet to wake up and have some fun with Gigi. Christmas movies, a fire and some yummy breakfast!! It's definitely a tradition that we will keep up in the years to come. 

traditions.

These ladies, they are so special to me. My mom has been friends with Peggy and Laura for a very long time and I am so thankful that they are my friends as well. We've always had fun celebrating Christmas together with some drinks, apps and soups but now we get to include the grandbabies. I love it, it's always so much fun!  

These three cuties, they definitely make our yearly tradition a little crazier, but it's a whole lot sweeter too! We did our normal gifts between each other, but we also had gifts for the kids to open, and we let them give them to each other. Hearing them say Merry Christmas and watching their excitement was so adorable. I love this time of year even more now that we have Solomon, it's so special!

self timer catching hilarious moments and our laughs.... love it! 

sweet little elves! 

Merry Christmas, friends!!!

weekly three.

This week started out reeeaaaally rough, but I'm so thankful that things are much better now! The uncomfortable aches and pains of full term pregnancy is no joke this time around. I know I will forget about all these things once Asher is here but geeeez, my hips feel like they are breaking! I can't wait to hold him and the waiting to see when he wants to join us is about to kill me. BUT, that's pregnancy. The last month feels like a century. I am thankful that I have Christmas to distract me. I told Peter the other day that we should have all our babies in December because it has been such a sweet distraction. The house is decorated & all the presents are wrapped and ready under the tree. I'm never this prepared!! Nesting and Christmas really do go so well together! We have a very busy weekend full of Christmas fun and I can't wait, hope you have a fun weekend, too. 

One last slice of chocolate pecan pie left over from our community group Christmas party! YUM, thank you very much!!! 

All the presents wrapped and waiting under the tree! 

Curls and legos! I could watch him play all day, it's so relaxing for some reason. Haha, do other moms feel this way?