Pregnancy brain

This is my last day of work until Tuesday! I'm looking forward to spending time with my guys and doing all of our crazy, busy Christmas stuff!! Christmas Eve and Christmas day will be pack filled with family, food and gifts, but I love every minute of it. From as long as I can remember, Christmas meant getting up early to open our gifts at home and then rushing off to visit grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins....and I'm filled with tons of great memories. One of the special memories for me is going to my Great Granny Pierce's house. She always had a Christmas tree decorated with candy canes and envelopes. Each child got to pick an envelope and candy cane off the tree to take home. And, yes, the envelopes were filled with green stuff! ;) Great Granny had two little black poodles...Fi Fi and Mi Mi. And they always had red bows around their necks and had their nails painted red or hot pink! And they barked...little high-pitched squeaky barks.

I think my favorite tradition is Dad's Christmas breakfast!! He's always made a yummy spread that we eat before opening the gifts. Since my brother, sister and I have gotten married and had kids, our tradition has evolved. Now, we all get up and head to Mom and Dad's for breakfast. The kids are all dressed alike in Christmas pj's that Grammy buys them. It seems like each year, she has to buy one new set of pj's. Next year, there will be six pair!! We read the Christmas story in the Bible and dig in...bacon, sausage, eggs, biscuits & gravy, fried potatoes...so good! Then, when we can contain the kids no longer, we open gifts. I love watching their faces light up at the littlest things. Mostly, they love making a huge mess with wrapping paper and bows. :)

I can't really remember why I started this post (pregnancy brain!!!) but it's been fun to recall some old memories and talk about our breakfast tradition. I hope that my children will have wonderful memories of Christmas to tell their children and grandchildren. (sniff, sniff...)