Christmas Eve with the Hardys

This year we decided we would spend Christmas Eve with one family and Christmas Day with the other side of the family. This year was Christmas Eve with the Hardy's and we had such a fun time! Luke loves his cousins and they love chasing him around the house and making him laugh which they do very well!

We enjoyed a fun dinner at the Hardy's with Scott parents, Chris, Sarah and the kids, and Grandma and Grandpa Argyle. After we  decorated sugar cookies which I plan to make a Christmas eve tradition in our home to leave for Santa. My friend Lindsay gave me her family recipe that is AMAZING and the cookies were a big hit! Scott also showed the cousins an App he found that tracked where Santa was at on the map all night so they kept checking the tablet to see Santa's progress!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After we decorated cookies we exchanged gifts. We gave photo Calendars to the girls in the Hardy family from the family photo session we did all together earlier in the year. All the kids got Russ a watch which he was in need of! I also found a Zombie Christmas Carols book for all the Hardy Boys which was a big hit! Scott didn't know about it until Christmas because Ryan gave him a copy of it but he loved it!  The Hardy's gave us Zoo passes again which we loved last year and are excited to have again this year, especially since a few of our friends have been getting passes we will be able to all go together!

As always we opened one gift on Christmas Eve... PJs! This year since Luke is in LOVE with Cat in the Hat I was on a mission to have a Cat in the Hat themed Christmas Eve PJs! I found these awesome footie's that would have been great but when they arrived they didn't fit with my big belly so I was so excited when I found these shirts at Target that were a good back up plan! Scott had no idea what I had planned and he got a good laugh at them when he saw! Luke also got his very own Cat in the Hat stuffed animal that he was terrified of for a while but has finally warmed up to and now likes!

This was our first year of getting to be Santa's little helpers on Christmas Eve since Luke's toys required assembly!  Scott took the responsibility of being Santa's helper very seriously and made sure to wear his protective eye gear at all times during the assembly!

I felt like I was a kid again trying to fall asleep on Christmas Eve out of the excitement I had to watch Luke open and play with his gifts in the morning. Sadly as soon as I was able to fall asleep Luke woke us up screaming. We have been trying to let him cry it out when he wakes up because nothing seams to comfort him but being that it was Christmas I couldn't let him cry it out! I spent most of the night up with him trying to rock back to sleep. I think I ended up with only 3 hours of sleep which resulted in a very sleepy Christmas day!