Christmas was, as always, exhausting. Every year it gets a little less and less traditional, with not as many cousins as able to attend and not enough room in one house to fit so many people. This year we didn’t have our tradition midnight mass and post mass gift opening frenzy. Instead we spent Christmas Eve with our respective families (we spent it at Dave’s parents’) and then all got together at Maui’s for Christmas day. The gift opening didn’t start until about 4 that day, and we were all excited to open our gifts. Ben scored a TON of presents - a lot of clothes and some pretty cool toys. I would have to say that his favorite is his Ben-sized Elmo doll from Claudine. He’s been dragging him around since Christmas and has already introduced him to his smaller Elmo counterparts. Next year, I’d like to have Christmas at the house, though I’m still debating on whether or not I’ll go back to the tradition of the midnight gift opening.

Anyway, here’s some of my favorite pictures from the holiday - the lighting was low by the time we were opening the presents, so those shots are in black and white. You’ll find a link to the rest of the pictures at the end. Enjoy!

Dave’s family

My family (from Melanie)

Ben and his cousins

Our godson Kenzo

Claudine carries Dan AND Benjamin

Ben doesn’t look like a baby in this picture!

Closeup on Maui’s tree

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