Santa is the Best! Too Bad Food Poisoning Isn't

So, in the wake of our engagement bliss, we had some serious traveling in store for Christmas this year. My aunt and uncle cooked a little congrats lunch for Jeff and I (they're so cute) with my grandma, cousins, and extended dog family. I got to see some of my high school buds for a skinny minute (even though I was still in a bit of an "I didn't sleep last night I was so excited we got engaged" fog). My grandparents came into town that night from Florida and we did a big Christmas dinner with turkey and all of the fixings at Mom and Dad's house. Sadly, I acquired food poisoning at some point (not from any of the yummy food mind you), and barely made it through dinner. It then hit Jeff around midnight and lasted throughout the night for him.

So, we awoke to find that Santa arrived and was very good to all of us. I made away with some cute clothes, stuff for the house, tailgating stuff, etc. However, we were still a little under the weather. So, we skipped our traditional pancake breakfast. After we opened presents Christmas morning at my parents house, we headed up to Hendersonville around lunch time to have Christmas Part Deux with Jeff's fam. We did manage to eat some of the big afternoon feast. I was feeling better by then and Jeff was coming around. We spent most of the trip playing in the snow, shooting pool, chatting, and stinking at Apples to Apples. And, I'm usually decent at that game.

Below are some pics from the mountains:

The morning of the 26th, I headed to Charlotte to meet my parents and grandparents at the airport. We headed off to Philadelphia for a couple of days to hang with Chris, Michaela, and Harper and to be there for Harper's baptism on Sunday. She's just such a good baby and so alert. I can't believe how big she's gotten since September. Just check out what a cutie patootie she is...

We got back on Monday and Jeff met us for dinner at the PF Changs (one of my favs) for dinner before the fam headed back to Columbia.

Whew, that was exhausting just recapping that. Hence, why all of these blogs were so delayed in being posted. I wasn't in one place long enough to get them up.

What's funny is, I'm pretty sure I'm not even going to remember the little hiccup of food poisoning in the long run because there were such great fun moments this Christmas season. This was probably the first Christmas in a long time that I've gotten to visit with so many people in such a short period of time. And, with the engagement, it just made this year all that more special.