Monday, December 30, 2013

Christmas Eve

This year, Christmas Eve was a quiet one spent at home, which is very unusual for us!  Our Christmas Eve tradition has always been to get together at my aunt's house for Christmas Eve dinner and our big family gift exchange.  But because lots of us will be traveling during Christmas this year, we did our Christmas Eve dinner and gift exchange a week early.  So this year we spent a quiet Christmas Eve together, just the four of us!  I absolutely love traditions, so it felt a little strange having different plans this year, but we all loved spending the time together.  We spent the day doing some things that were very special to us...
We went to baby Caleb's spot and sang some of our favorite Christmas songs to him.  It was so joyous to be there with him, but I was overcome with so much sadness at the thought of how much he would have loved Christmas this year, as a 1-year-old.  The baby section at the cemetery, sadly, is filling up so quickly.  Each little spot represents a precious life that was gone too soon, and a family who is missing their little one this Christmas, just like we are. 
Later that day, we got some hot cocoa and drove around to look at Christmas lights.  When we came back home, the boys each opened a present -- their annual Christmas pajamas!!  I also decided to start a new tradition.  The boys got to open another present together, which was a new family board game that we spent the evening playing together!  This year's game was Boom Boom Balloon.  It was definitely a hit!

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