Merry Christmas and a Silent Night...

Christmas was a little different for us this year. Tom's parents still had their Open House on Christmas Eve but poor tom had to work both Christmas eve and Christmas day. He was able to work in our area on Christmas eve so he took calls from his parents house. He actually was only able to stay a bit before he got a ton of calls. :( sad. But he came after he got off work at 530 so he was still able to mingle with his friends and get some yummy food. Georgia did AWESOME with only one nap. she really enjoyed seeing all her cousins. there are about 20! The one closest to her age is Caroline and shes 4. so there is a pretty big age gap but she loves it and they love playing with her. they all chased each other and it was great fun. We did our big gift exchange and got some very nice gifts.

Christmas morning was just me and Gigi. My mom came over around 11ish and opened gifts with us. My mom gave Gigi a beautiful doll. She has red hair and blue eyes just like gigi. My mom was very happy that Georgia was so excited about this doll. it really made her christmas.

After tom got off work at about 530 we went to his parents again for our gift exchange with just them. Georgia got a lot of great gifts. And tom and I got a navigation system! its awesome and we have already used it.

Tom and I celebrated our little family Christmas the day after christmas. I woke up and started breakfast, turned on the tree and Gigi came down the stairs and saw her new Kitchen! she played with that until i was done with breakfast and then we started opening gifts. we h ad a great time and all got what we wanted. It was a nice relaxing morning. We ended up going to toms aunt an uncles later on for a party. It was really good to talk and catch up with his cousins and family. Gigi enjoyed running crazy through their home and burnt off alot of energy. it was a great time.

Now to the other part of my title.

My grandmother passed away on Christmas morning. She has been battling dementia for some years now and has been in a nursing home for about the last year (a little less). It was very hard to see her there, as she had lost a lot of weight and really didnt remember who I was. She barely remembered who my mom was and my mom went to visit her all the time. She was always a great grandmother and I will always remember her as a strong independent woman. Its sad but predictable that she would leave us on Christmas day. Thats something she (and I haha) would do. "you HAVE to remember me NOW!" only my family. haha I had to almost laugh at the day she choose to leave. its very much HER.

anyways she will be missed. here is a picture of Me, Georgia, my mom and my grandmother last mothers day at the nursing home. 4 Generations in one picture!