Christmas continued

Next we headed up to my parent's house in NoVa. We were having a late Christmas because Anne went on a cruise with her husband's family so we waited for her because we're nice. Plus Christmas wouldn't be Christmas if we weren't all there. I wish we didn't have to do the whole inlaws Christmas thing. I have super inlaws and all but Christmas was so much less complicated when we weren't married and having to take turns with holidays.

Here's our Christmas morning. Aunt Becky and Aunt Lizzy helped Jackson open his stocking. His favorite stocking stuffer seemed to be this duck (even though it doesn't seem to be that way in the picture below). It quacks when you squeeze it and he always looks at it with a puzzled look when it does.


And this is my Dad with his collection of American things from his family. His parents are very proud of their FBI son and think he represents all things American. We referred to him as Captain America all morning.
Here's Alan and I:

I really like him. I mean, I've always loved him since we've been together but now I REALLY like him! I think marriage is much harder than people expect the first couple years. But now that we're going on 6 years it's pretty smooth. Alan says that he thinks one of the reasons God wants people to have kids is so they'll stop being self-absorbed and overly analytical. I agree with him that you stop thinking of yourself as much because your baby becomes your number one focus. But I also think this was his way of saying that he's glad I don't say "let's talk about our feelings" much anymore.

Here's the family at our delicious Christmas dinner. The fam + Matt (Lizzy's boyfriend). I like ham so much better than Turkey. It's one of the many reasons that Christmas is better than Thanksgiving. Just a side note.

This is what Jackson did during dinner. He slept on the floor next to my Dad, the baby hog. This was a big step for Dad since he usually insists on holding Jackson in his lap during meals.
It was so nice being home. My Mom is an incredible hostess and I just love being with my family. I'm a bit biased, but I think I got the best one...ever. That about sums Christmas up!