Everyone's first Christmas in the new house.
My first Christmas as a Rosenbaum.
Sydney's first Christmas in the world!
Little did I know that quite the ordeal awaited me when we arrived on Christmas morning. Apparently, there's this little family tradition that everyone forgot to mention to me that the newest member of the family gets the honor of passing out presents. No big deal, right? Oh, contrare, my friends. I grew up one of 3 where as Adam grew up one of FIVE which makes this process a mite more complicated. You see, rather than gifttags, the Rosenbaums use a special wrapping paper code. Each member of the family has their own designated paper, so now that we are up to 10 people with this the year's additions of Sydney and I, its a lot to keep track of! This shows only a fraction of the mounds of gifts (you'll notice that they are arranged to be oh so aethstetically pleasing - Melissa's specialty):
We started doing the math of how many family members there could potentially be in say, 10 years . . . lets just say thats a lot of cinnamon rolls!! Sorry Mimi!!
So, needless to say, Andy was more than happy to pass me the torch after a couple of years of being on duty. I'm hoping that Matt gets married this year so his wife can be the designated gift distributor next Christmas! In the end it was actually quite fun and (with a little help from my husband), I think I managed to distribute the correct giftcards, DVD's, and galoshes (thats right - Mike got galoshes) to the correct recipients.
One of our favorite gifts was from Andy and Melissa - they got us this great vintage-style poster of the Plantation where we got married. It's from the Spirit of Nashville collection that has tons of great posters of some of Nashville's landmarks. What a great gift!!
Sydney got her first red wagon - just like her mommy got on her first Christmas. Ok, maybe not just like. Who knew that Radio Flyers now come complete with seatbelts, 2 passenger seats, and cupholders? I'm expecting an iPod connection by the time we have kids.
It's hard to tell if Sydney or Mimi is more excited. Ok, I think it was Mimi. But Sydney was definitely totally psyched about the red wagon's box! Almost as much as Uncle Adam . . .
Th morning after Christmas we managed to get everyone in the same place for a yummy breakfast at Noshville. Here are Dan and Mike looking very dapper in their stripes (and very excited to be up at 8am for family time!):
Sydney loves Uncle Matthew:
It was such a great few days of spending time with family and relaxing. We saw several great movies (Dreamgirls, The Holiday, Little Miss Sunshine, Family Stone - all quite excellant). I finally finished Harry Potter 4 which I have been reading since last August or so - definitely my favorite so far. And we spent a lot of time, believe it or not, watching and being entertained by Sydney.
We had such a fun first Christmas together with each other and with our families! Can't wait for #2!! Merry Belated Christmas!
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