Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was lots of fun for us!  My parents were in town for the holidays and Nathan was enjoying all the attention from Sha Sha (YaYa) and Papa.  He loved this musical snow globe my mom brought to show him! 

We looked at my baby book and discovered that while Nathan does make some of the same facial expressions I made as a baby, he looks nothing like me, which isn't really a huge surprise since he's the spitting image of his daddy!

After a fun day, we got dressed and listened to Chad play guitar for a bit before heading to the Christmas Eve service at church.  

We clean up pretty nice huh?

What a CUTIE!!!!

Mom and Chad found seats and Dad and I dropped Nathan off at the nursery. This was the first time he'd cried when I dropped him off at church and it was almost funny as he sobbed and screamed for "doggie".  Remember, while he can say mama, he is intent that Bailey and I are both "doggie".  Too funny.  Thankfully he calmed down within a minute or so.  I'll never forget that though! :)

After the service, we enjoyed a lovely dinner (sausage and red pepper Stromboli) which Nathan devoured and wore well.

Then it was time for our family's new tradition... Chrismtas Eve PJ's!!! 

No pjs for Bailey, but a new toy was perfectly sufficient for her!

While everyone was excited about their pj's, Chad and dad were most excited about giving me mine... the package looked innocent enough.

As soon as I saw the fabric, I recognized it from Target...

Yep, footie pjs just for me.  They happen to be covered in dinosaurs and they glow in the dark.  Let me just tell you all how sexy I looked in these boys size 10/12 dinosaur footie pjs.  But the deal is, you wear your pjs christmas eve to bed and spend all of Christmas day in them.  Boy did Chad and dad throw me under the bus!  I was a good sport though and wore them until our neighborhood Christmas party the next evening.  

The funny story behind the pjs is that i had a pair in college and Chad HATED them.  He called them a chastity belt, but hey, those pjs worked!  He made me throw them away as soon as we got married. Now almost 7 years later, he buys me a pair!  Too funny!

Nathan was all too precious opening his pjs and way too cute in his striped Santa hat!  Once the outfit was complete on him, we realized how absolutely adorable his pjs were!

And, just to ice the cuteness cake, Nathan has now learned what a lizard "says"... he sticks his tongue out like this...

hysterical!