Christmas 2008 Part 1

Both I and Aaron have always loved Christmas- having said that I must say that with Porter around Christmas takes on a whole new meaning of wonderful! It is so fun to see how much he enjoys the little things like getting to turn on the Christmas tree each day. One of my very favorite Christmas moments with him this year was when we went to see the Christmas lights. One of Aaron's clients has a house with 42,000 lights that are all coordinated to music which they broadcast- Porter was fascinated- we let him out of his carseat to sit on my lap while we watched and he couldn't hold still- he kept dancing to the music bopping all over the place and trying to climb on the dash to get a closer view of the light show.

We spent Christmas Eve day at Nanna and Pa's playing games, eating, having a Christmas Program and of course opening presents- Porter was so excited that he skipped his nap(s) and by the time presents came around he was a bit very cranky. I forgot my camera but Aunt Chels got some good pictures which I will have to get from her when her family gets back from their big ski trip.

Christmas Day we planned on sleeping in but the wind was blowing so hard it woke me up early- With that and the snow we decided that if we were going to make it to Grandma and Grandpa J's we better get going- The first road we tried was very drifted and at one point completely blocked and in the process of being cleared by some kind soul out on a tractor. We turned around and decided to try and go North on a different road (It seemed silly because our destination was to the South) fortunately we were able to make it to the Highway and then turned south and things were fairly clear from there.

Then followed more food fun and presents- Porter didn't quite get the whole unwrapping thing but he had a great time helping grandma hand presents out.