Warmth of a Southern Smile: Holly Jolly Christmas

We were very fortunate and happy to be able to spend part of the holidays with both of our families. We left the beautiful white snow of Virginia and headed down to Alabama on my birthday. Lee and Abigail woke me up with happy birthday muffins :) I blew out my candles, we ate and then loaded in the truck to start the long journey. When we got to my parents I was greeted at the door with happy birthday balloons everywhere (Thanks mama!) We were able to spend a few wonderful days with my family including an amazing birthday dinner of Hawaiian ribeye (YUM!) and great family. And Lee was very excited to be able to play on his land for a few days! Aaron, Justice and I also had a photography day excursion! It was nice to all get to spend time together for a few hours just us.
We woke up Christmas morning at my parents and opened presents and ate moms special sausage balls. We then headed to Maw-Maw & Ga-Ga's for more presents, yummy food, family and of course fun! After a delicious lunch it was into the living room to open ALL of the many many presents. As always there was a lot of laughter going on :)
After lunch and presents we headed to Tuscaloosa to go to GoGo's house and see all of our family in Tuscaloosa. The kids were all just itching to open all of the wonderful presents when we got there! We had another delicious meal and while we finished eating the kids arranged everyone's presents into separate piles. Then it was time for the fun to begin! Lots of fun and laughter as all of the many presents were opened!
We were able to spend a few fun days in Tuscaloosa at GoGos too!! Lee was able to hunt some more and Abigail was able to spend some much needed fun time with cousins Davis, Libba and Turner. GoGo and I were even able to make cleaning and going through clothes fun, or at least we accomplished it! :)
Overall we had an absolute wonderful first Christmas together as a family! It was filled with amazing family, food, fun, love and laughter! It was great to see everyone so happy and having such a good time together. And as always it was so much fun to see all of the kids so excited about opening gifts and see the smiles on their faces as they played with their new gifts. All while we sat in a sea of wrapping paper.