This year Christmas was exciting because it was Nixon's first Christmas and it was also sad because it was our first year without Robi here. We all miss him so much and are so grateful for the Plan of Salvation. Knowing that we will see him again is so comforting, but it still is hard not having his bubbly personality here. I remember last year when went to Opportunity Village ( there is a bunch of christmas lights and fun things to do ) I asked Robi to take a picture of Peter and I but to make sure to not get my gigantic belly in the pic ( I was prego ) and he zoomed in on my belly and took the pic. He always did funny things like that.
This year for Christmas we did gift exchange with the most of the family ( We missed you Melissa and William ). My Mother-in-law, Nancy, got us all gifts from Robi. When we opened them up there were the exact same brand of slippers that Robi would wear. They were hot pink, fuzzy, and super duper comfy! I can see why he loved those slippers so much. I will always cherish the memories that I have with Robi. We all miss you and love you. Keep watching over us!
Now onto Nixon's first Christmas...
Peter and I didn't really know what to expect. We didn't know if he would open his gifts or if we would open them for him or what. We were really happy that he loved opening his gift and ours until we realized he liked the paper more than the toys for the most part. We would put a toy in front of him and he would crawl over across the room to get to the paper that we put into the garbage bag. He did like his gifts once we put the garbage out of sight. Here are some pictures. Try not to get distracted with how hot we look in the pictures...
Nixon's sweet cousin, Madeline
As a tradition we go to IHOP for breakfast on Christmas morning. Nixon wasn't very happy sitting at the table so Peter got up and played with him.
Sweet face.
I love it when he yawns. It is so cute!
Opening his stocking stuffers from Oma
Christmas Eve Pajamas - I got Peter, Nixon, and I all footsie pajamas in remembrance of Robi.
Another tradition is every Christmas Eve we each get a new ornament. As you can tell, Nixon was so excited to get his very first ornament. Peter got me a Wonder Woman ornament and I got him one of Ralphy from The Christmas Story in his bunny outfit.
On Christmas Eve we went over to Peter's Aunts house for some delicious food, good conversation, and an awesome program of the nativity story. Nixon was a sheep. I made him an hysterical outfit! I glued cotton balls over a onsie and made some ears and attached them onto a headband of mine. He looked more like a bunny when we put the ears on him because I had no idea how big sheep ears were. He did make a cute sheep though. It was so funny because he left a trail of cotton balls when he would crawl. They either came unglued or he pulled them off. All in all it was a cute little program.
