Christmas Road Trip '09

This year, we spent Christmas on the road in both Memphis and Little Rock. We left last Thursday for Memphis and got there in time to meet my parents, grandmother, grandparents, and brother and sister for a Christmas eve dinner at IHOP. After that, we crashed so we could get up and be ready for Christmas morning and Santa. Thomas seemed to enjoy his stocking and Christmas as much as any two month old would :)

My parents bought Thomas his stocking, and it is SO CUTE. Here he is enjoying his first stocking.



He wasn't quite sure why Santa put a candy cane in his stocking, though :)



Overall, it was a great time in Memphis. He loved meeting his great grandparents, and the rest of the time seemed very content relaxing and sleeping in Doc's arms.
Here are a few pics from the rest of our time in Memphis...







On Sunday morning, we loaded back into the car and headed to Little Rock to have Christmas with BT's side of the family. He got to meet his other great grandparents there, too. Sunday night, we spent it doing a gift card exchange with the big clan up there, and we also were able to be there to celebrate our nephew Ethan's 2nd birthday, which was Sunday. Yesterday we went to Jacksonville, Arkansas for Christmas lunch with BT's other grandparents and the other side of the family. Then today we had Christmas together at BT's grannie's house and had Christmas lunch there. Overall, in the last week, we have done Christmas three times, and that's included THREE big Christmas lunches. I'll be detoxing my body of ham and sweet potato casserole after the week we've had!

Here are a few pictures from the Little Rock leg of the road trip.

Our nephew Ethan opening up his birthday presents:





Our nephew Blake with the newest cousin:



Thomas and his Great Grandma Mary:







Now we're home and looking forward to a relaxing five days. BT is off until next Monday, and I sadly, am going to have to RELISH the next five days, as it's back to work on Monday.

Until next time!