After Christmas Detox

As my headache from Christmas begins to fade, I sit back and think about how wonderful our day was. This was Pickle's first real Christmas. Yes he is 2 and has had 2 other Christmas mornings, however he was too little to understand. This year he totally got it. I wish I had the thought in my head to take pictures. Hindsight is 20/20.

Our little man was tucked into our bed around 9:30 (yes, I know that it is late, but with the day we had on Christmas eve, and having visitors staying at our house...... you know how it goes). Once he was asleep, Santa went to work. For Christmas we purchased him the Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Kitchen Table, it was pretty easy to get set up, it just took a bit of time. We also got him two baskets of food, a "taco kit", and Uno Moo. So while Daddy went to work building Santa's table for him, Mommy got to work wrapping and filling the stocking. The elves went to bed after 11.

Since little man was snuggled in Mom and Dad's bed we were able to sleep in a bit. We just failed to tell Pickle, he needed to sleep in too. Thankfully we woke up before Pickle was off our bed and running. He grabbed his beloved blue couch pillow (which is way to big for his little body) and ran out of our room. He took off right past the Christmas tree, right past his new kitchen and into our kitchen. All the sudden his came to a halt in front of our kitchen sink. The boy was lucky he didn't fall he stopped so quickly. He turned around and ran to his new kitchen. The look of wonder and shock was great. It was a memory that I will forever remember. It took some time, but he finally noticed the other gifts under the tree, and started handing them out to Daddy and myself.

While little man played with his toys, We started getting ready for the day. First we went to my in-laws for breakfast, then to my parents for lunch/dinner, and back to the in-laws for desert. It was great day. This day was the reason so many people look forward to the holidays. THE BEST DAY EVER!

Our litte tree and Pickle's gifts

Pickle's Kitchen

Too Much Christmas! Poor guy feel asleep around 5:30.

Phoenix Zoo Lights!

We spent a wonderful evening on Saturday with our dear friend S and her son at Phoenix Zoo Lights. For those of you who don't live in a place that no one should live (Arizona) let me provide some details. Phoenix Zoo Lights is exactly what is sounds like. In the winter months for the holidays, the zoo decorates most of the zoo with different type of holiday lights. They have light up figures and animals all over. They also time a section of the lights to holiday music. They leave some of the animals out so you can see them as well. It is a great night!
We spent the night there, walking around looking at the lights and the animals that you could see in the dark. Our little man had the time of his life. He was fascinated by all the lights. He would oh and ah over all the different lights. When we got to the section that had the musical lights you would of thought he was in heaven. Our little man also had his first carousel ride. It was the greatest experence, that I feel like I am so lucky to have shared with him. This was a great night, If you are in the area GO! You won't regret it.

I hope all everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving!