Christmas Eve

Our Christmas Eve consisted of a trip to church (with a gazillion other people) and then a visit to Nanny’s house with Erik’s dad’s side of the family.  I didn’t manage to take any pictures but see just last years post (click here) and see #12…now age everyone by a year subtract Dee and Zbig and add Courtney, Noel and Leo and you have Christmas Eve this year.  The boys were wild. It was like 85 degrees in there. Alec was sweaty. Alec was underfed. Alec was overstimulated.

He melted down.

I told Erik to find his own way home. (It’s only a mile away- he could have walked if he needed to  but his cousin Joe and family were kind enough to drop him off.)

I carried Alec out sobbing, kicking and screaming.

He screamed and sobbed the entire way.

He ate copious amounts of food and settled down again into the nice little boy I know and love.

Just in time for:

Reindeer dust!

And then opening his one token present on Christmas Eve.  Always new dreammines from the Simmons Family.

(this cutie..wild and screaming? NEVER!)

Alec with a little confusion “It’s a Macys box!”  (Those usually only come from Nana.)

Off to put dreammies on and great ready for the big guy.

I had bought Alec ‘The Little Critters –Night Before Christmas ‘  to read to him before bed but he wouldn’t let me,  He just doesn’t care for that story no matter who is in it. 

We turned off all the lights except for the tree. There was no music – just Erik , Alec and I sitting –looking at the lights on the tree and chatting.  Alec leaned over- snuggled in with doggie and blanket – put his head on my lap and fell asleep. My sweet boy.

And no matter what had happened in the days before – or what would happen the next day:  for a moment- Christmas had settled into our house.

And it was bliss.