Christmas in PA

This year, we traveled to Pittsburgh to celebrate Christmas with Tom's family.

We arrived in PA on Wednesday night at around 11:00. Tom and I were both happy/relieved by how well the kids did on the flight up there. Tommy sat by the window at first and then switched with me and Grace to watch movies with daddy.

Thursday and Friday were pretty relaxing day without much on the agenda. Friday afternoon/night neighbors and friends came over for a visit and some even stayed for Jioio's pizza (our favorite). :)

Tommy driving Pap-pap's MG

Grace hanging out

Grammy supervising Tommy and Anthony Jr.

Saturday morning, Tom and I headed to Pittsburgh for our annual Steelers game. It was pretty chilly (in the 30s) and we stayed until about 5 minutes left in the 4th quarter. Of course, they won! After stopping by the casino to warm up, we headed home to have dinner with the family and after getting the kids settled in - Tom, his dad and I headed to Christmas Eve mass.

Sunday, Tommy ran into our room to wake us up with Grace waking up a few minutes after that. I don't know how anyone can sleep when he's up - he's a loud talker - haha. He still doesn't really understand what Christmas is, but he know what we mean when we talk about presents! We all gathered in the living room to open presents and drink mimosas.

Waking up daddy on Christmas morning

Someone is excited about all the presents

Grace can't wait to help

Grace with Aunt Christine and Uncle Eddie

Tommy and Grace with Grammy and Pap-pap

After opening all the presents, having french toast for breakfast and getting ready - we all headed over to Tom's aunts house for Christmas dinner. After everyone ate, we played the Chinese Christmas game. I ended up with a new car charger (which I actually needed) and Tom ended up with a Steelers bottle opener key chain.

We headed back home on Monday afternoon. Let's just say that the kids received so many things that we weren't able to carry it all home in our 2nd suitcase. The ride home was surprisingly uneventful. Grace had one little crying spell, but after that she slept over an hour and Tommy watched movies and looked at some books.

What a fun trip!