I know, I am a very lax blog writer, but we won’t get into that again. I would like to share with you some of my favorite moments from this lovely Christmas weekend.
~ When we moved out of our last apartment, a bunch of our stuff got thrown away by accident. This stuff included every single Christmas decoration we had. I was upset about everything being gone, but being the sentimental soul that I am, I was most upset about this ornament that AJ and I had purchased during our first Christmas together, which said aptly enough “First Christmas Together 2003″ on it. I remember telling AJ “I was going to show that to our grandchildren!” Anyway, long intro for a simple story… AJ ordered that exact ornament from EBay and gave it to me Christmas morning. I promptly burst into tears.
~ Upon arrival at my parent’s house, my brother answered the door wearing silk pajama bottoms, a white tank top, and an extremely large periwinkle robe. It was my mom’s, but my brother told me it was “too comfortable” to take off, so he greeted all the guests in all his purple fuzzy glory.
~ A family friend called from Pheonix, and we all yelled “We hate you!” to him because he was sipping a Pina Colada by the pool, and definitely not wearing a reindeer sweater.
~ My best friend in the whole world got engaged, and I totally approve of the guy, so we are all happy.
~ My six year old nephew received an electric guitar and was seranading us all night. My favorite? A little diddy about his parent’s, who are involved in a messy divorce. It goes something like this “My dad was married to my mom, then they got divorced, because my dad is a liar! Liar, liar, liar!” with emphatic strumming on the guitar. Do you laugh at something like this or not? I hid behind my champagne glass. His mother hissed, “He gave him that thing on purpose because he knew it would be at my house!” but we couldn’t really hear her over the sounds of the guitar.
~ For the very first time ever, this nephew, who is really AJ’s nephew, called me “Aunt.” I really think he just wanted me to play air hockey with him, but I love this kid like he is my own and that meant the world to me.
~ AJ’s sister SCREAMED in delight at the top of her lungs when she opened her gift from us (new speakers for her car).
~ AJ wore every new item for at least fifteen minutes of the day… he would get something else and change. He wore three pairs of shoes over an eight hour period.
~ At the end of the night, AJ and I relaxed on the couch together in the glow of the Christmas tree, and I realized that no matter what the stress or anxiety I have over the holiday, this is all that I really need.
