Christmas 'Firsts' All Around

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.