Christmas this year was a muc
h needed improvement from last year.... Last y
ear Zach and I had a nice few days planned were we would go see him family on Christmas eve, take my mom to meet his family and announce our engagment.. We were so excited with our news that we had no doubts that everyone else would be just as excited as we were.. but we were meet with very different reactions.. But.. after the shock wore off and everyone grew to the idea and all is good.. but not only did our "announcement" not go as planned neither did our trip back to our apt! We had planned to travel back to Wilmington that evening so we could spend our Christmas day at our apt with my mom and grandmother but just as we headed out of the county my car brok
e down and we ended up on couches and chairs back at his parents home and begging for a ride back to Wilmington!! Despite this fiasco a Christmas I won't forget but not excactly how I imaged our "first" christmas togethor.. This year was a BIG improvement!!
t to spend an hour with her and her husband, and the baby Which we enjoyed since it is most likely the last time we will see her until May.. And considering this we had our families come to our apartment for Christmas.. which is quite odd considering we live in a small 1 bedroom apartment and both our families have larger homes.. but I had my apartment decorated so homely I was very impressed with the turn out.. Zach's mom, dad, and little sister got to come and experience my crazy grandma and some of my ( and my moms) cooking! It was definatly all I had hoped for.. lots of good food, good fun, and laughs.. with some tears... but good tears!
This year knowing we were a little strapped for cash and lots of memories happening all around us with the new baby and two upcoming weddings I decided to make most of our Christmas gifts with one of my favorite crafts going to Zach's mom which was home made coaster made from pictures.. I had taken about 12 of the best pictures of the family as it grows and turned them into coasters.. which brung about a few tears.. that I have been told are good :) So I was very excited that my hard work and fun turned into something that She will be able to enjoy!The one thing that I learned from this Christmas as everyone opened their gifts this year I noticed the most smiles and laughs from the gifts that I homemade versus the gifts that we had brought.. Despite the fact that many of the gifts we purchased were nice.. I think the thought that went into the gifts was what made the most out of this Christmas! I do believe that I will be home making my gifts in the future.. it is the best post exam stress relief!! (although this time next year I will be working full time)
I hope that everyone else had as wonderful of a Holiday as I did!! As each day goes by I look more and more foreward to the large family and I becoming apart of! I can't wait to see what lies ahead...
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