Christmas
‘Firsts’ All Around
December 25, 2016
Talk about ‘first time for everything’; this year was
the boys first Christmas and our first Christmas as parents. How amazing is
that? I wasn’t sure what to expect this year as honestly the time has just flown
by and the boys aren’t quite old enough to appreciate Christmas.
I did put up a Christmas tree as I felt that it was
very important that they have a tree for their first Christmas. It wasn’t as
decorated as I normally go but it had enough decorations on it to suffice the
holiday season. The boys were in awe of it, they didn’t really know what it was
nor did they really bother with it too much. I was really happy with the latter
of that statement as I didn’t want the 9’ tree to topple down on them. Don’t
get me wrong they did go and investigate it and touch it a few times but didn’t
have that much interest in playing with it. I was surprised but delighted to
see that as that was one thing I didn’t have to worry about this year (next
year could be a different story).
I got to hang their stockings ‘Baby’s First Christmas’
this year as well and was delighted to see them hanging there. I actually
didn’t even hang up our stockings as I didn’t want to detract from their first
Christmas.
As usual we didn’t go crazy for gifts as again I don’t
feel that they could fully comprehend what Christmas was about and why we were
even celebrating. We got them a few gifts to open Christmas morning and a few
for ourselves and we were completely happy with that. We did the record them
coming down the stairs and seeing their gifts under the tree as these are
moments that we just won’t get back.
It’s funny as the first gifts they opened were the ones
they played with the most. We got to hang out and enjoy our breakfast and just
enjoy being with the boys. It was a nice and calm feeling. My brother came over
to see them and give them their gifts, it was cute as they played with him and
they didn’t even know that it was a special day. To them they continued to play
and just go about their business, they got to see other family members and
overall just had a good time. That is how Christmas should be spent, just
hanging out with family and enjoying the day. I look forward to many more
Christmases like this but as the boys get older the excitement will become more
apparent but for now I think I will enjoy the family time each Christmas
morning.
