Dominick's 1st Christmas

This year we were really excited for Christmas as it was our little guys 1st. Initially my parents had planned on coming the day after Christmas, but sometime they decided they'd come a little earlier and we were so excited. Ryan hasn't been with family for Christmas the past two years and my 1st was last year. We love our families so for us it's just not the same; while we understand not EVERY year will we be with our extended families we appreciate the ones we are.

On Christmas Eve we had dinner with friends and had an untraditional Taco Rice, queso, taco pinwheels and cheesecake at our house. It was fun to celebrate the birth of Jesus with them. Their little girls were very excited and we tracked Santa while they were here. After they left we all got ready for bed and the excitement of the next day.

On Christmas we woke up, opened gifts {we were all too blessed in more ways than one}, ate breakfast and prepared for the days festivities. We were having friends over for dinner and Ryan was frying a turkey. We had turkey, homemade dressing, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, baked macaroni and cheese, rolls, pear salad and butter finger pie. It was DELICIOUS! Our day with family and friends was the perfect 1st Christmas for our sweet boy. He is one loved little boy.