Merry Christmas x 5

So I'm a little late with this post but its been a very busy Holiday season!!
We celebrated Christmas 5 times this year!! Yep, that's right 5 different Christmas get togethers. Ethan had LOTS of practice opening gifts and he definitely caught on to the Christmas spirit. It was fun to see him checking out all the presents under the tree, and he loved playing with all the new stuff.

Our first Christmas was with my family in Brenham on Dec. 18th. Needless to say Ethan was spoiled by Nana and Opa and also Uncle Jared and Lauren.

A new tricycle from Nana and Opa


His very own A&M tailgating chair from Uncle Jared & Lauren


Remote control truck (doesn't quite realize that the control and the truck go together)


After we our Brenham Christmas we all headed to La Vernia to do Christmas with my Dad's family. We enjoyed our evening at my Aunt Elanie's house and Ethan got to play with his cousin Landry. Landry was born two days after Ethan. So, when they're together it's like having twins!


The next week we traveled to Comanche on Dec 23rd and had Christmas with the Erwins on Christmas Eve morning. We were very excited about opening gifts with Uncle Clay and Aunt Marcy because they had a special surprise gift for us. We got to find out if they were going to have a baby boy or a baby girl this May.

We can't wait to meet Cousin Addison!!

Of course Ethan got a ton of more gifts....

His own laptop computer from Pops

A tee-pee from Uncle Clay & Aunt Marcy


We headed back to Granbury Christmas Eve so that we were at home when Santa came Christmas morning. We woke up early and sure enough the Big Guy had brought more gifts!!


Ethan got his very first saddle from Santa (which was also a surprise to Mommy).


More goodies Santa stuffed in the stocking.


Our 5th (and final) Christmas celebration was back to Schertz for my Mom's family (The Schmidt clan). We have a very large family....
My mom is the oldest of 7 kids

(Grandma with her kids and their spouses)

I'm the oldest of 20 Grandkids

(Grandma with 18 of the 20 Grandkids)

Ethan is one of 8 Great Grandkids!

(Grandma with the 8 Great Grandkids)

Plus spouses, girlfriends/boyfriends, pets, and a partridge in a pear tree.....
In all seriousness we counted and this year there were 55 people at my Grandma's house! It was fun to be able to all get together. We enjoyed watching the kids exchange gifts and the adults did a Chinese gift exchange that was fun too!

All of our Christmases were VERY blessed, and we enjoyed the time that we got to spend with all of our families!!