Christmas Morning

Matthew with Mommy and Daddy, Christmas Morning

Crazy Tongue, Matthew with Daddy and Grandpa, Christmas Party

Family and Friends, Christmas Party

As most of you have probably suspected, we celebrated Christmas with the in-laws in Florida! We were in Florida for a week.

On the days leading to Christmas Day, we have to tell Matthew how many days until it’s Christmas Day. It’s the day he can open the presents. Every morning, as he wakes up, he’ll tell us “It’s Christmas Day!” but then again, we’ll tell him not yet.

The wrapped presents that were already by the tree has gone through Matthew’s thorough inspection. It’s so funny how the biggest one has the sides of the sticker tag lifted from his little fingers tinkering on it; and some little torn and scratches are so obvious. Over and over we have to tell him that those presents are not for him when he is over by the tree but he has tried everything he could possibly can to try to open them, from hiding behind the curtains and grabbing the presents to just crying over it. But I am proud to say that he has not opened any of them without our permission,… or well, he is always caught before he could even make a move.

On Christmas Day, Santa was good to him. An overload of toys happened for him! He just couldn’t get enough of unwrapping, and getting amazed He just couldn’t settle down the whole day just playing those toys alternately. The few clothes and books he received were appreciated more by me than him. But this is how it has always been. It’s so funny too how he loses interest after seeing it’s not a toy in the gifts. A few times, we let him help us unwrap some of the presents that weren’t for him. As soon as he sees that they are not toys, he turns around and moves on. However if they are toys you could literally see the sparkle in his eyes and he would tell you about it over and over. He actually played with all the new toys the whole day. He couldn’t get enough of them.

Santa was also good to me this year. As I was unwrapping the present hubby got for me, I was so curious because I wasn’t expecting a gift from him. I finalized what I wanted for Christmas which was a HD video camera. Hubby wanted to get the bigger capacity kind (costly) so we resolved to get one for my birthday as a Christmas/birthday gift, since anyway I wanted to use it for when the baby comes on April. So I was unwrapping this gift from hubby and I was so shocked to disbelief that it’s a HP laptop! I was almost going to cry, but I managed to hold it. I was just so speechless!

Early on, while deciding what I wanted for Christmas, I was conflicted between a netbook or HD video camera. While looking at the netbooks and seeing that they don’t have the specs I wanted – they are just slower than the desktop PC I’m used to, I was discouraged. So I decided on the HD video camera which will be more useful when the baby comes. But then hubby figured that he’ll get me a laptop instead with the specs that matches the specs of our desktop PC in a size of a netbook. And it’s perfect! So all those time, hubby was just misleading me, having conversations that we are going to get a HD Video Camera on my birthday. Deep inside, he knows that I really did wanted a small laptop I can take to bed and blog with at late night, and that’s what he got for me!

As happy and overwhelmed as I am, in times like this, I am also sad that I didn’t manage to get him anything nice or surprising! It is always hard to match him. I hope my day will come, when I will surprise him, make him happy and overwhelmed him as he manages to make me feel over and over each time.

Compliments of the inlaws and friends, we also received a digital frame, bottles of perfume, bag, towels, wrist watch for hubby and lots and lots of nice stuffs! Compliments of my mother-in-law, we had a great Christmas meal shared by family and friends. It was a wonderful Christmas, however I wished I had taken more photos!

By Charlotte

Born and raised in the Philippines - true Filipino by heart, and now living in Alabama with my family! I am wife to Michael, mother to toddler Matthew Alexander and baby Mark Anthony. I am a giveaway enthusiast, aspiring web designer, an artist and lover of life. Thank you for visiting my site!

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