Happy Holiday-Part one:)

Our Christmas vacation in Chicagoland was a blast. We got to spend time with family and friends that we haven't seen in two years. Also, we got to show off our little bundle of joy, which was probably the best part. Chris had to work for couple of days before Christmas so Melody and I flew to Chicago together for the first time. I'm not gonna lie, but I was dreading to fly by myself with a baby. I didn't know what to expect and I wasn't sure how Melody would take a 4 hour flight. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. In fact, it was absolutely great. We sat on the very first row so we had a lot and leg room and the seat next to us was empty. My favorite part was the sweet flight attendant who was pretty much obsessed with Melody. At one point, she held Melody around the plane while she was serving drinks and all I kept hearing all these comments, from the back ,on how adorable my baby was. It was flattering and Melody seemed to enjoy the attention. Although. I was a little concerned that a turbulence might go off and hurt the baby. But the flight attendant did a great job. Too bad I forgot what her name was. Here are some pics.

Melody with the flight attendant from Southwest airlines

Arriving to our destination, I was surprised that there was no snow in sight. I was hoping for a white Christmas but all there was, was gloomy skies and cold winds. It wasn't very pretty at first, but it didn't really matter because we get to see family and stay in a warm house.

With cousin Leah.Too bad I didn't get pic with Zach and Parker

Grandpaww!

First time with Uncle Brian. He definitely loves baby Melody

With her beautiful aunt Nina.

Melody is so lucky to have such a sweet cousin like Leah.

We also got to see some friends. Our friend, Trina came over to see baby Melody. We went to downtown Naperville just to catch up and talk about baby Melody.

Melody with Trina.

This is a pic I drew on the ceiling of Trina's car, baby Melody in a "yukata"

 For Christmas eve, we took family pictures in the morning and prepared for the big party at night. I also worked on Melody's Christmas stocking. Chris had his since he was a baby and I made mine before Chris and I got engaged. Melody's is the new addition. I really have to make our own for house.

Melody's is obviously the Sanrio character "My Melody"

This huge Christmas did pretty good holding it up... till after Christmas. 

 We had a great Christmas dinner, but I didn't get to enjoy it. Melody seemed like she was a bit overwhelmed by the all the people so I had to take her to a quiet place so she could calm down. As soon as I did that, she was fine again. We had dollar gifts on our place seats. I got a deodorant and Chris got  this really cool Musical Santa decor. But unfortunately we forgot to bring it with us. Melody, on the other hand, got a mini hello kitty stuff toy.

Can you tell how much she loves it?

After dinner, a trolly picked us all up to go around the neighborhood. It took us to these houses that went crazy with their Christmas lights. Some of them was linked to the radio station so you can watch the lights go off with the music. It was amazing.

This is one of the craziest houses we found.

 After the trolly ride, we had deserts and a little entertainment. Chris' mom and the kids portrayed the "Nativity". Our Melody starred as baby Jesus. Here is a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0MvkVZK5zU

  At the end of the night we wrapped up and started to open presents. Normally, they would open presents in Christmas day. I don't exactly know how it came from opening only two presents for the night turned out to opening all the presents. Well at least we left the ones for the kids though. We got some pretty good presents. My favorite ones would have to be the stone pan for making pizza from Chris' parents and the purple dress that Chris' sister, Lindsay, got me. We got a lot of really cool stuff. Melody got a jungle gym, which she absolutely loves, and a bunch of clothes and baby toys.

 We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family in our lives. What I can't forget is how thankful I am that God sent us his only son, Jesus Christ, to save us from our sins and how he made this day so special for all of us. I love Christmas! I hope everyone had fun as much as we did! Happy holidays:)