Myla's First Christmas

On Christmas eve, I had to work until 3pm, but Brian and Myla headed to Nana and Nanny's house early that day. They spent the day with them and when I got there we all ate dinner. Nana out did herself like usual and we had ham, fried turkey, mashed potatoes, corn pudding, broccoli casserole, deviled eggs, green beans, bread, and so on and so on. That woman can cook!!! Brian's uncle, aunt, and cousin were there visiting too and we exchanged presents with them before they left around 5pm. After they left, Myla got to open her presents from them and us too since we weren't going to be going there on Christmas day. But before, we started opening presents, I slipped in to the other room to change Myla's diaper. I had a secret to share, so I put Myla in this special shirt......

and I walked her out to the living room. Everyone's jaw dropped and Brian started crying. He didn't know I was pregnant. I had kept the secret for 3 LONG days. It was the exact reaction I wanted and it was a very special moment. After all the shock and oohs and ahhhs, we opened presents. We all were really spoiled and LOVED all of our presents. We left their house around 8pm and headed home to get ready for Santa! Myla went straight to sleep and Brian and I set up everything around the Christmas tree. It was beautiful and so exciting to do for the first time.

Christmas morning came fast and we were up around 7:30am. We brought Myla out to the living room after explaining to her it was Christmas! She was so happy opening her presents and loved the boxes and wrapping paper more than her presents....haha! Brian and I exchanged gifts and went way overboard for each other. It was a wonderful morning.

After we were done, we headed to my parents house around 10am. My sister, James, and Jayden met us there. We ran in the house like little kids to see what Santa brought us. And yes, Santa still comes even though I am 33 years old!!!  Before we started opening presents, we wanted to share our pregnancy secret. So, we took off Myla's pajamas and she was wearing the big sister shirt underneath. My sister screamed "Amy's pregnant!" and everyone was so excited. Another awesome moment! Last year at Christmas time, we announced that we were having a baby girl and this Christmas we announced we were expecting again. Christmas has a way of bring BIG announcements. But, don't plan on any next year....hahaha! After the announcement, we opened our stockings and then our presents, ate breakfast, and relaxed watching Jayden and Myla play with their new toys. It was different with D.J. not being there (they are doing the every other Christmas thing), but things are changing as we all get older and I have come to accept it. But, we all got a HUGE surprise when D.J. and Cayte showed up at 7pm and surprised us all. It was AWESOME!! So, of course, we decided to open all of those presents. Holy cow did we open a lot of presents!!! It was a great Christmas!!! Spending Myla's first Christmas with both of our families and sharing our announcement in such a special way makes us feel really blessed and excited for the future.