Christmas

Christmas is over and I survived.. Lol =) It went pretty well, although it felt kind of exhausting to manage to be at three places on the same day. But I felt that it would be good to have it over with and be able to relax on Christmas day and not have to take the car out that day too.

Two days before Christmas eve (the 22nd) we went to Henrik's parents because it was his mom's birthday. We spent the evening there and had dinner and played a new board game that we had bought the day before. It was actually pretty nice. I gave Henrik's mom one of the scrap pages I had made (one with pics of her and Henrik when he was little)... it seemed to touch her ;) She even got a tear in her eye. I have no idea if it was because she misses Henrik as a baby or if she liked the present so much. Maybe both huh? hehe :)

On the 23rd, me and Henrik had to go out for a panic shopping spree. It was time to get the last Christmas presents... 2 for his parents, and 2 for my grandparents. It went well. And then we spent the evening with his parents again.. had Christmas food for dinner, finished that board game and watched a movie (Luther... I didn't like it) and then we went to bed kind of early (for being me lol) to be able to survive the next day haha!

24th... Christmas Eve. D-Day. We had lunch with Henrik's parents... then we opened presents. We got some nice stuff that we needed... a large lamp for the living room (with a dimmer... not sure if that's the right word in English), and some necessary things for the household... Henrik got money for a stetoscope he needs to buy, and I got some random things like shower gel and stuff like that. From my boyfriend I got the cutest thing... a "snow ball" (you know those kinds with water in them and when you turn it upside down it looks like it's snowing), with a Rosina Wachtmeister cat in it! I LOVE those Rosina cats, but they are really expensive because it Goebel.. It is on a kind of porcelain base, and you can wind it up and it plays some classic song. I was SO happy with it =) He also gave me a DVD (Hoodwinked), and some small other things.

Then it was time to got to my grandparents. We picked up my mom and she came with us. My dad, uncle, uncle's wife and son was there too. It felt kind of tense... I just don't feel comfortable around them for some reason. It feels weird to celebrate Christmas with people I don't see the rest of the year. I only did it because my grandmother wanted it this way. I got some nice presents anyway =) A cool book about WW2, DVD (the Little Mermaid), clothes, money, gift card for a clothing store and some random stuff. We were there for like three hours.. had coffee, and then continued to my mom's house. It was getting kind of late now and we were tired. So we didn't stay there for more than an hour and a half or so. I wish we could have stayed later, but luckily, my mom was also with us at my grandparents so it was okay. We got really nice presents from my mom as well. I got one of those Rolf Lidbergh trolls that I love. Clothes, money, and so on.

When we came home late at night we were exhausted to say the least. I have hardly ever been so tired!! It feels good that it's a year left until next Christmas now =P

What else is new.. well... My good online friend Meagan went into the hospital the night of the 26th to have her baby! I haven't heard from her since then, and I hope everything went well =) She lives in Texas so I will have to rely on the internet to hear from her. I bet she is exhausted after the delivery!

Today's picture: Me and Henrik on Christmas Eve.