We went over to my parents house for a few hours to hang out before our memorable trek downtown.
This Christmas was special, not just because it's Natalie's FIRST, but also because there haven't been many years that we have spent it with my grandma. My parents decided to bring her down and give her a taste of our craziness before she moves here permanently next month.
It wasn't long before jenga was brought out.
These two love their Aunt Jess and Uncle Ryan. Nico followed Ryan around the whole weekend, and Natalie was never too far away from her baby fevered aunt!
Our first stop was the Driskell Hotel to have a drink before dinner. We started going down to this Austin hotspot a couple of years ago, and it's become a tradition now that I look forward to every year. The lobby is decorated so pretty with their giant tree, and it's just a fancy place to be!
I wasn't leaving until we took a family photo in front of the tree. And bonus, everyone is looking at the camera. A true Christmas miracle.
The highlight of the night was our AMAZING dinner at Eddie V's! My parents sure spoiled us with this big time dinner this year. We are so fortunate. It was fun to mix things up and go out for Christmas Eve this year. The kids made us proud and couldn't have been better behaved. It was a wonderful meal with wonderful company.
The after party was brought back to our house, and things got pretty funny and borderline out of control.
Here's Nico and Ryan playing with our new light laser system. It's become a popular way to decorate your outdoors with minimal effort involved.
My mom may have had the most fun of any of us this night and showed off her dance moves on multiple occasions. We had the music going, and the drinks were flowin'. She was cracking us up and provided a high level of entertainment!
It wasn't long before Ryan and Nico's "Hey ladies, which way to the monkey bar" routine happened, followed by the two ripping their shirts off and dancing.
We joked that they were Magic Mike dancers as they were taking their shirts off and swinging them around, and then someone found that movie on tv. (Ignore the inappropriate tv scene in the background. It happened to be during a stripper dance. Ooops! Luckily, Nico had no idea what was on.) These two are just hilarious together, and the first few seconds of this clip are my favorite, as Nico yells, "Woooo!"
We kicked everyone out around 10 pm, because we needed to get our sleep if Santa was to come. Nico put out cookies, milk, and carrots for the reindeer, and he may have passed out within 10 seconds of his head hitting the pillow.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night...
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