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the hollydaze

took me a little while to get to this. we just did so much it was hard to edit through all the pics. here are some of my favorites. starting with our annual balboa light walk with the the de melos and the chapmans. it was fun besides milo wanting to walk on every single dock and my last go with morning sickness.

then it was christmas eve at nana & papa's house. little people everywhere....... noise level ear piercing lots of yummy food and a visit from santa himself! milo was fascinated and hung onto santa's every move. standing right in front of him and even letting santa know that he's 2!!! a little toy harley davidson was a HUGE HIT among all the little boys.

next it was christmas morning in our home. milo somehow ended up in our bed in the early early morning and it was so nice waking up to the whole family sleeping in bed....... i definitely had a moment where it felt like all was right in the world. then we moved down stairs where we opened gifts. milo caught on to the craziness of christmas morning! his human nature came out and wondered where more gifts were when he was done opening. little did he know there was so much more in store for him for the day at pop & glamma's and at tely & joes.

off we went to pop & glamma's for a big christmas breakfast. milo was very happy to be with his family and especially enjoys to hang with his cousins. they were excited to open gifts and run wild through pop & glamma's house. i think there favorite part of the morning was when we pulled the little jeep and motorcycle out and they all rode around and around the cul-de-sac. such a beautiful california morning. i couldn't help but think that this was our 1st christmas morning without grandma jo. i thought about her a lot as i hung all the cute little

ornaments she made me on my tree.

next if was off to tely & joes tree house for christmas dinner. curious milo instantly noticed the giant blanket covering something up next to the christmas tree there. it wasn't long before he pulled it off and found a life size lighting mcQueen race car. he couldn't wait to drive it. so off we went to the hilly gravely street so he could try and run us all over. pure joy!!! we had a lovely evening that ended in christmas pj's. lots of love and fun celebrating.