This year we spent Christmas Eve with my family. Since we had church at 4:00 and a few nap schedules to work around, we went to my mom's for a late breakfast and then spent the day with family.
David snapped a few pictures with Cooper in their pajamas while I was getting ready.
While we waited for breakfast, we opened our stockings. This was Cooper's very first stocking since he didn't get one at our house or his Nanny and Pappaw's until the next day.
He's watching intently as I open everything
Then he figured out it was all for him. Socks in one hand, a sippy cup in the other. We tried to put him down for a nap after we ate breakfast, but he was not having it trying to sleep in a new place. So we got him up and decided to push through to open some presents.
He made it through one present before he was crying and upset and couldn't handle it anymore. My niece picked out some Little People for him and he was very interested in playing with them. Everyone else opened presents while we held and walked around with him. Then David went and laid down with him for a while and he got about an hour nap--anytime either of us tried to lay him down he would scream inconsolably and could not calm down, so we decided napping in our arms was the best plan for the day.
He and Piper both woke up from their naps around the same time. We opened more of Cooper's gifts and then played until church. One of the favorite things at my mom's house is this musical band of Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, and Daisy. They each play 2 songs and you can sync them so the whole band plays together. The kids love listening to them and dancing along to the music. Piper and Chase showed Cooper how to use them, but he preferred to just try to grab them all off the table!
Around 3:00, we got ready for church. My mom had bought Cooper this green plaid onesie, so we paired it with his jeans and mocs and headed to church. I wore him in the Lillebaby during church hoping he would nap. There was so much to look at that he kept himself awake until about the last 10-15 minutes of the service when he cried a little and then passed out. He woke up as soon as the service was over and we headed back to mom's for dinner.
Cooper enjoyed some fruit while we ate dinner. These 2 pictures were taken about 10 seconds apart. This is what Christmas Eve feels like when you haven't had your naps for the day!
Cooper cheered up pretty quickly after this and was held by myself and his grandma as well as a few of my Aunts. We still had a few more gifts to open since my brother had been at work most of the day so we waited on him for some of the last ones.
Worn out boy opening his last gift.
Checking everything out
He got a few more snuggles from Grandma and then we headed home to go to bed!
It was a great day celebrating with family, but we were all pretty tired by the end of it. And we still had more fun to come the next day!
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