This past weekend was like Hudson’s practice Christmas. We headed up to my Grandparent’s house for our family Christmas party. They live about 2.5 hours away and literally over the river and through the woods- and up into the mountains! It was a fun drive and Hudson slept most of the way. When he was awake he was quietly playing with a toy so it was perfect!

We got there around 2 and visited with all the family. There are about 35 of us. No joke. My mom is one of 7. 6 of the 7 were there. And then their spouses, my cousins, grandparents, great grandparents- my mom’s aunt- then Hudson and my cousin’s son, Ryan, my brother even brought his girlfriend! They are the youngest generation at the party. As in their Great-GREAT grandma was there.

In our family we do things earlyish usually. So, we usually do presents in the early afternoon and then eat around 3 or 4. But, one of my aunts worked on Saturday so by the time she, my uncle and cousin arrived it was already 4 or 5. So, we ate a TON and then did presents.

It was reallllly overwhelming for me because at this point Hudson was tired and 35 people worth of gifts is A LOT so he was getting buried. He also loves wrapping paper but is totally uninterested in removing it from gifts. So, I was unwrapping his stuff while Scott tried to simulateously wrangle Hudson AND write down what he got and whom it came from. It was a clusterfuck to say the least. I was starting to kinda freak out. lol. But Hudson (and Scott & I-even Truman and Sawyer!) received such awesome gifts!! We were so spoiled and there is still like 3 more days of this unwrapping!! I am gonna have to throw out half of everything we own to fit in all the new stuff!

After dinner we all hung around and then stayed overnight. In the morning my grandma made a HUGE breakfast and we all got to visit some more. It was fantastic. We headed home around 1130 yesterday morning.

After we got home and I did my best to put away all the gifts, we headed out to Target and the grocery store. Good times. Target was OUT. OF. CONTROL.

Anyways, I suppose that’s the report. I wanted to wait and post when my cousin sent me her pictures- but I suppose the picture blog will have to be separate. So, stay tuned.