Christmas 2010

For Christmas this year we had to skip our annual Ohio run at the last minute because of a business opportunity for Tim. While it made for a very odd feeling for me leading up to Christmas, Tim did everything he could think of to make Christmas extra special for us anyways. We had a wonderful time. On Christmas Eve Day we ran last minute errands and wrapped a few presents before going to lunch and the Children's Christmas Eve service. Timmy really enjoyed himself, the kids all sat at the front of the church to hear the Christmas Story and see it acted out by other kids. From there we visited at Tim's Dad's house, mostly so we could show off Timmy's adorable shirt! ;)

Then we made a trip downtown to see the National Christmas Tree. The whole way there we had Timmy excited about going to see a Giant Tree, but the model trains surrounding the bottom of the tree were definitely what caught his attention. We were pleasantly surprised to see that Thomas the Tank Engine and his buddy Percy were part of the decorations!

When we got home we watched a Christmas movie and I baked cookies for Santa. Every time Timmy asked, "Doin' Mom?" I would tell him I was making cookies for Santa, and he would say, "No, cookies for T!" He was not thrilled at the idea that Santa was going to come and eat all of his cookies, but he posed for an adorable picture anyways!

On Christmas morning we had to wake Timmy up so we could get our busy day started. He took his time coming down the stairs, but his eyes lit up when he rounded the corner and saw all of the presents that had appeared under the tree over night. He opened his presents all on his own this year. The items from his wishlist all got him excited, as well as a set of Toy Story 3 figures Daddy had found, and a Pillow-Pet that I picked up after he pointed them out to me, by name, at the mall the weekend before!

Once we opened everything at our house, we made our way to Tim's Mom's house for a delicious breakfast, visiting, and more gift giving. We also posed for some group shots that came out really nicely!

Our next stop was Tim's Dad's House for another round of visiting, presents, and a great dinner. We got a lot of great gifts, especially Timmy, but I am going to have to rearrange his room to make everything fit! Tim's Uncle and his family came over in time for dinner and we all played Wii Pictionary for a while too.

To wrap up the day Tim, Timmy and I went to the annual "Ice!" display at the Gaylord Hotel at National Harbor. The display area is kept at 9 degrees so they supply the visitors with gigantic blue coats! This years theme was How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the entire story was told in carved blocks of ice, at a larger then life scale! Timmy watched the movie a few times this year, but he doesn't particularly enjoy it, because the Grinch is so mean, but he liked walking through the scenes and pointed out Max every time he showed up.
Sunday we all laid around the house being fairly lazy, watching food network and football. Timmy tucked himself in on one of his new pillow-pets and slept there for 4 hours! That evening my parents came from Ohio straight to our house for dinner and the last round of presents. And that wrapped up our Christmas!