Boy that holiday went by fast! I went from oatmeal and salad at home to some Charlottesville snow (!!!) to a speedy 3.5 hour drive and we arrived to a festive Christmas Eve party full of all kinds of foods & family!
Homemade fudge our sweet neighbors made!
My mom is a real grandmother now – there are bowls of candy and chocolate scattered about!
Presents!
Christmas Eve buffet
Make-your-own sandwiches
Christmas Charades!
{I won!}
Matt A’s mom doing “Friendly Beast” – this was the beast part!
Dessert buffet
This ice cream is the BOMB!
Christmas Morning!
Maze was up at 6am (Santa came! Santa came!) We have had a very choppy two nights of sleep waking up every 2 hours. Matt took Maze down on Christmas morning and let me sleep in another hour of solid nap bliss so I felt fine for the rest of the day.
Stories with daddy
Christmas brunch featured Great Harvest swirl breads, scrambled eggs, maple sausage and fruit salad
Then it was present time!
Till everything was opened
These two books were on my Christmas list. Glad Santa supports bloggers!
Matt and I gave books of Mazen’s first 3 months to all the grandparents : )
Santa brought some really fun toys!
And he brought me new running shoes – which I took for a 26 minute test drive with Larbs and Matt when I woke up : ) This is my fourth pair of Asics 2160/2170s.
We played all afternoon. Went for a walk. Nibbled on Christmas foods. Prepared Christmas dinner.
Until cocktail hour –
We had mushroom bread pudding (Karen’s recipe!), mom’s corn pudding, salad made by me, and a spaghetti squash dish
Matt was in charge of the grilled and sliced sirloin
It wouldn’t be a formal dinner without Great Harvest Virginia rolls!
The dinner was incredible, but the dessert – long awaited!
Larbs’s favorite Durham bakery, Carolina Cake Co. These cakes are absolutely incredible. It’s all about the great buttercream!
I think I had 3 slices!?
Went to bed stuffed with happiness <3
Merry Christmas to you all. Thanks for being a part of our adventures!
laurie says
Thanks for sharing your beautiful Christmas with us! I could feel the love and joy!
lisa fine says
Gorgeous photos, Kath.
Let us know what you think of Young House Love! Is that one of your regular blog reads?
Lauren says
Sounds like a wonderful holiday! Glad you and your family enjoyed and blessed Christmas!
Brittany says
I can’t believe Christmas is already over! It flew by.
1.) That Blue Bell Christmas Cookie Ice Cream looks amazing. I want some right now.
2.) So jealous of your snow. All we’re getting in Richmond is rain. :/
Elisabeth says
You can have ours! I’m in Ohio & we’re supposed to be getting 6-12″…
Simply Life says
looks like it was a perfect holiday!
Ashlee says
What an awesome day! My family is huge, which is fun, but I would like to experience an intimate daylong holiday with a smaller family as well!
Sara @ fitcupcaker says
Looks like a wonderful time. Its got to be a blast having a baby around!
Jenny @ For Your Consideration says
Glad you had an amazing holiday and got to give yourself a little blogging break too.
The desserts are making me drool. Red velvet cake is my FAVORITE. As I sit here typing this I am one week past my due date, and, given my current appetite, I’m pretty sure I could beat you on the 3 slices, if that cake were to be placed in front of me right now. I would devour it!
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
red velvet with buttercream, fresh rolls, the fudge, the fourth pair of the same shoes (im super loyal to air vomero’s), the presents (Tom’s box, A.T. Loft, etc…nice!), the charades, Matt’s book (love it!) — Kath this whole post has me smiling! Glad it was such a great holiday for you all!
Jessica says
Love the snowman in your oatmeal!! Too cute.
And what a wonderful-sounding Christmas. I’m glad you enjoyed your time with family.
Katie @ Peace Love & Oats says
oh my goodness, that cake does look delicious! I’m glad you all had a great holiday!
Annette @FitnessPerks says
What a beautiful holiday spent with family!! <3
Jen says
My daughter started her four-month sleep regression a week early. Could that be it? I hope it’s a quick regression and over fast.
Miss Polkadot says
Merry (belated) Christmas – though, technically, it’s still Christmas on 26th, right :)?!
Great you had a slightly white Christmas at least! We had none around here. It must have been awesome to celebrate your first Christmas as a family of three. Mazen is getting cuter and cuter every time I check your blog which is … often, ahem 🙂 …
lauri says
Are those chewbeads you are wearing (Green necklace?) I have white and black ‘pearl’ chewbead necklaces and love them!
We also gave photo books to all the grandparents for Christmas!! That will probably be their Christmas gift every year for a long time…. Who did you use to make yours? I used Shutterfly and was pretty impressed!
KathEats says
Yep! And shutterfly…like it a lot!
Emma says
How fun! Maze is going to love that toy sandwich kit in a couple of years.
lynn @ the actor's diet says
baby’s first xmas! i’m such a grandma – i have candy with me (and around the house) at all times!
a farmer in the dell says
We play charades every year too! How fun! Merry Christmas!
Tami@nutmegnotebook says
What a wonderful first Christmas for Maze! Happy holidays!
Verenique B says
thx for sharing! 🙂 i appreciate all the hard work you put into doing this blog! i love reading it! 🙂
merry christmas!!!
Ver’enique
Meghan @Health Continuum says
So glad you were able to have such a great Christmas. We always spend Christmas Day with my Dad’s family and it’s a huge affair. I prefer something more intimate like this. Such great pictures! The cake looks delicious!
Kristen @ Change of Pace says
All of your pictures look so warm and cozy! Looks like you had a great Christmas Kath! 🙂
Kerry @ Totes My Oats says
What a beautiful Christmas celebration with family! Love the books! Santa knows what’s up 😉
Katy says
Your Christmas looks beautiful and very tasty as well
Laura says
Merry Christmas! Yay for getting 2170’s, they are the best runners ever.
Suzanne says
I am not a grandma but I put out the same (wrapped) candy for our Christmas party. Oh and we used the same snowman plates too 😉 Merry Christmas!
Mom says
Love the snowmen plates! (Well and the candy too!)
Melissa says
Love the Mr.Snowman Oats!!! 🙂
Sami says
Merry CHRISTmas, Kath! 🙂 Such a gorgeous family.
Blessing @ WorkingMomJounal says
I wanted a new running shoe so bad, unfortunately I didnt get one, so I guess I will be buying one myself 🙂
Anne says
Was the Karen on the charades list your Matt’s mom? Fun to have all the grandparents there!
KathEats says
Of course!
Pam says
Looks like a lovely Christmas! Abundant family fun and fantastic food.