The Johnson's: One Last Christmas for Two

To be perfectly honest, Christmas was a blur this year. Perhaps it was the fact that I had my first "Christmas break" since college (a true gift that did not require the usage of any vacation time- thank you, higher education!)… or the fact that the symptoms of pregnancy brain seem to become more powerful by the day… or that I'm not quite sure how I feel about claiming 27 as my age…
While it went by incredibly quickly, our last Christmas just the two of us was just as wonderful as ever and we loved every second spent with our families. This was the year of the big Johnson Christmas, so nearly 60 Johnsons gathered at Lynn and Tami's house to celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas day. We had the traditional chili and margaritas (obvi "we" did not include me in the marg portion this year) on Christmas Eve followed by a fun gift exchange. Perhaps most interesting about Christmas this year was the fact that Cody and I spent our first Christmas Eve night in our own home. I must admit it was a little strange to go home and wake up on Christmas morning in my own bed with only Cody and Rio present! It was definitely a fun way to start our own traditions, and we had fun exchanging gifts and stockings when we got home from the Johnson gathering. We can't wait until next year when we'll prepare cookies and milk for Santa and watch Hayes open gifts!

Christmas morning brought our precious niece Addie's first Christmas, and the big 2-7 for me. We headed back to Lynn and Tami's bright and early for presents and then conveniently came home and rested before round two of the Johnson festivities that afternoon. We have so much to be thankful for this year and can't wait to add Hayes to the mix at the next Johnson holiday get-together! Hayes had a stocking at Mimi and Papaw's house and even received his very own John Deere tractor from Santa. He must have known it was Christmas because he was kicking and moving up a storm during our present opening! Something tells me he might be as big a fan of the day as his mama is. :) The weekend after Christmas we travelled to San Antonio to celebrate with Mom, Dad and Kirby, and I may have determined that even a 4 hour car ride at 8 months pregnant isn't the most comfortable of experiences. It was totally worth it to spend time with the fam though, and we had lots of fun eating yummy food, exchanging presents and celebrating my birthday!