Christmas!

 We had a very different Christmas then we are used to. Because all of our family is so close, we usually spend most of Christmas Day "making the rounds". So fun, and busy, but exhausting! Well that was our plan this year! Until Christmas Eve, when my mom and sister came over for dinner. Poor Jaxon got hit with the flu that Joel and I were fighting all last week. He spent all of Christmas Eve throwing up. Poor little guy. He was a good sport, took a few pictures, opened his jammies, and went to bed. No gingerbread house...it's still in the box on my counter. We spend all day at home, hanging out in a mess of presents, wrapping paper, and blankets.  Ready for A TON of pictures?

My poor guy.

Opening Jammies

My mom and sister are too funny in their jammies

Stef with Carson - His first Christmas Eve!

Brothers!

Abuela and Carson

Love my little family!

Santa came!

After we put both boys to bed, we all watched Pitch Perfect! So dang funny and totally not festive! Then Santa got to work!

Sadly, Jaxon didn't sleep well at all. We were all up way too early! 6 am!

Realizing that Santa really did come!

Totally got him his own Minnie. He loves her!

THE GIFT this year. Every time we went to see Santa he asked for his very own camera.

Too busy smiling to look through his stocking!

No candy for babies, so he got baby food in his stocking!

His favorite part, of course, was the tissue paper!

The toys are pretty fun too though.

Loving these monster trucks!

Later that morning my mom and sister stopped by and brought more presents! Over the weekend, Gma and Gpa Brown brought over their presents! And because Jaxon was so sick, we are waiting until tonight to go to my dads to finish exchanging gifts! Our Christmas is being spread into 4 days!

Last week, I was finishing my very last errand with both kids. I decided to pick my mom up at the car place where she was getting her oil changed so we could go to lunch. Well when I started my car, it was making a HORRIBLE sound! When I got there, the mechanic came out and told me to shut off the car and not to start it again. He said the oil in my car was completely gone, and after they looked at it better, realized it was not going to be able to be fixed. He labeled it a ticking time bomb. There was major damage to the engine, and no way to repair it without replacing it. UGH. So frustrating. It was in need of an oil change, but was not outrageously past the mileage recommended. For some reason the dang thing burned way too much oil and we didn't notice. 

Anyway, to make a long story "shorter", we have been using my dads truck all weekend because Joels car isn't super reliable either. We shopped around a little for a new car, but for our budget, very few cars fit the bill. Being right before Christmas, I told Joel, lets just figure it all out later....

Well Christmas morning, Joel sent me out in the ice and snow to "get something out of the trunk". And my new car was in our parking spot! I was so surprised!!!!! It's nothing super fancy, but way nicer then the other car. I am soooooo thankful for such a great husband who loves surprising me! And for taking care of all that stuff. He kinda spoils me! ;)
Merry Christmas!!