Christmas 2011

If I were to use one word to sum up Christmas 2011, I would use "blessed".  If I were to use two words, I would add "Busy"!  Although this was not technically the kids first Christmas, it was the first Christmas we were able to be together as a family.  The crazy holiday weekend started off Friday night at Pops and Losi's house and didnt end until Sunday night.  Between Friday night and Sunday, we attended SIX Christmas's!  I say we are Blessed for so many reasons--but largely because of our wonderful families with which we were able to spend Christmas.  We are so thankful that all of our family lives close, so we get to see everyone on Christmas, however this makes for a chaotic holiday.  Packing a car for a day trip with 13mo old triplets feels like you are packing for a month long vacation--pack n playsx3, bumbo with traysx3, clothesx3, extra clothes x3...you get the idea., BUT it is so worth it! 
Memorable moment from the weekend--as we were traveling from Christmas #5 in Lewisburg to #6 in Chattanooga, we learned that one of our children does not handle curvy roads very well.  I wont go into detail, but lets just say Braden did not tolerate the hilly, curvy roads well.  We had to strip the poor little guy down outside in the cold and clean his car seat with wet wipes after he decided to lose his lunch in the car.  Needless to say, the car had a terrible odor for the remainder of the ride!
All in all, the kids did great with all of the activities.  They were so tired from the extra excitement that they were able to nap and sleep well.  I look forward to Christmas in the future when the children understand Santa and wake up at the break of dawn Christmas morning to see what Santa has brought them.