Christmas this year was truly a blessed time. Even though Mason was obviously too young to understand what was going on, we really enjoyed celebrating the holiday for the first time together at home as a family. The Christmas season kicked off as it always does with the annual Fyock family Christmas tree slaying. Mason loved touching all the different kinds of trees and ultimately decided on a great one to take home as his first Christmas tree. We had fun taking our first family portraits and dressing Mason up in his adorable Santa outfit. The weekend before Christmas we traveled out to Lancaster to visit the Schober family and had a great time together sharing Mason's first Christmas with them. We returned home in time for Christmas Eve service at our church. We read Mason "The Night Before Christmas" and sang "Silent Night" to him as we rocked him to sleep. Mommy and Daddy enjoyed Christmas Eve with a yummy dinner, making a gingerbread house together, and then snuggled up to watch a holiday movie with some warm spiced wine. On Christmas morning Mason enjoyed opening and playing with the gifts Santa (and Meme) had left for him. We took a nice long Winter's nap together that afternoon and then ate a great ham dinner. The following weekend we gathered at Nana and Pop's with all the Fyock family to celebrate the holiday with them. It was really great how Christmas seemed to last a whole week for us this year.
This Christmas was such a wonderful opportunity for us to reflect on our childhood memories and family traditions while establishing our own. But mostly we just embraced the greatest gift we ever received! Merry FIRST Christmas, Mason Dale. Thank you for reminding us what the season is really all about- and for filling our hearts with all the joy, wonder, and peace of the FIRST Christmas!
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