Momma Esq.: Christmas in Ohio

**WARNING: Picture intensive post**

I know Christmas is most definitely off of everyone's radar already, but I wanted to give a recap and post some incredibly adorable pictures from our trip. As you know, we spent Christmas 2011 in Ohio with (most of) Scott's immediate family. It was so nice to see everyone and I loved seeing Felix and Grayson interact. I think by March when we see them agaoin (hopefully) the age difference will be even less apparent.

By the time we got to Christmas Day, Felix was a pro at opening gifts...or eating the wrapping/tissue paper. Scott and I limited our gift giving to each other to stockings this year, since we decided to purchase our new desks for the home office as our big gift to each other. It worked out perfectly. We've both decided that our money would be better spent buying something "house" related on holidays/birthdays, since neither one of us really needs anything big at this point.

Let's talk about driving...we decided to leave in the middle of the night to drive to/from Ohio, which worked perfectly for us. We times it so that our first gas/bathroom/breakfast stop was right about sunrise when Felix would be waking up for the day. Surprisingly, we were able to keep our stops to no more then about 1.5 hours each way. Our saving grace...a headrest holder for the IPad and a ton of toys in the back seat. We have a child that gets bored very quickly at time, so we had enough stimulation to switch things out every 10-15 minutes. We'll see how he handles the next big trip!

Without further adieu, here are some holiday memories from Christmas 2011...