Christmas Day

Christmas morning we woke up and went straight to the business of opening presents.  Jaime was opening presents like a pro after having a practice round the night before.  He was very excited by the art of paper ripping and about having so many new things to figure out. 

After a few presents each we decided to save the rest of Jaime's for another round of presents in the afternoon and some for another day as he was content with what he had opened.  Then it was time for a nap!

After nap time we headed around the corner to a local, longtime favorite restaurant for brunch, Popover Cafe.  We had the world's worst waiter but still had a very good time enjoying our family - Jaime was being a character keeping us entertained.

We went for a family walk in Central Park.  Played with the new toys.  Took another nap or two. Posed by the tree.

To borrow Devon's idea of posting outtakes... here are a few from trying to get Jaime's tree pic.  He kept looking at the dogs.

We went to make lasagne but I forgot a few ingredients so we ordered Vietnamese for dinner and watched a movie.  It was a perfectly relaxed day spent simply enjoying quality time as a family.

After Christmas it was a quiet end to 2012.  This year brought so many changes for our family - it was a crazy, whirlwind of a year and I am happy to say that it was filled with so many good memories.  It was a really good year - I wouldn't skip it for anything!

For new year's eve Dan made that lasagna that was supposed to be on Christmas day but I came down with the flu and instead had a piece of toast before going to bed at like 8pm.  The fireworks from Time Square woke me from my fever-filled sleeping. 

Welcome 2013!  We have lots of plans for this year and I can't wait to see how they unfold.