With Hudson being born the beginning of December, we jumped right in to one of the busiest times of the year:
The Holidays Christmas time! At 5 days old, Hudson went with Mom and Dad on his first outing to the grocery store. We had plans to host our friends Christmas party Dec. 10, so we had some work to do! Hudson loved his car seat and slept the entire time we were out and about! Thankfully we have a great group of friends that brought most of the food for the party and cleaned everything up at the end of the night! (Hudson and I went to bed hours before everyone left the house) So, party #1 - Hudson 6 days old - success!
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| Friend Christmas party 2011 |
My family arrived 5 days later to spend the weekend at our house to celebrate our family Christmas! They were also great about doing pretty much everything (laundry, cooking, dishes, cleaning, etc) while they were here. It was honestly more work for me once they left!
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| Our family Christmas - complete with a visit from Santa! :) |
While staying with us, my mom did a great job of capturing some of our Christmas decor in the house.
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| Christmas Decor 2011 |
Just a few days after celebrating with my family, it was time for Cory's family to arrive in town and spend Christmas weekend with us! Again, a blast - and very easy for us!
This was the first time most of the family met Hudson - That means lots of family pictures! Hud is the first grandchild/great grandchild on this side of the family. Makes for a very special, spoiled little boy! :)
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| Gidley Christmas |
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Gourley Christmas
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Christmas Day we started off the morning with our little family of 3 :) We slept in, had some coffee, and opened our gifts from Santa that were in our stockings! Let the traditions begin!!
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| Santa Christmas stockings |
Later that afternoon we also had our Christmas party with Grandma Kris and Grand dad Fred! They sure enjoyed their first Christmas with their only grandson!!
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| 1st Christmas with the Gourley's |
So, this has been our first 3 weeks home with a newborn baby! Wild and crazy to say the least :) Now it's time to try and figure out what our new normal will be with a baby at home without all the friends, family, and parties filling our days! I'm looking forward to quiet days at home, mommy time, and hopefully finding some good activities in the area with other new mommies and their babies!
Hope you all had a very merry and blessed Christmas and happy New Year!
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