Christmas in Seattle

I never thought I'd actually be spending a Christmas in Seattle and having a white Christmas at that! It just goes to show that you can never really know what you'll be doing at a given time. :) Surprisingly, Christmas morning actually got off to a rough start. Caiden woke up early and crabby, which made me crabby, and I couldn't wait for him to nap so that I could nap and we could just start the day all over. A couple hours later I nudge Brian awake to ask him what this annoying chirping sound was that I kept hearing from downstairs. He goes to investigate and comes up a couple minutes later asking me if I noticed anything unusual. I look up and see the ceiling fan is turned off. And the baby monitor is off. And the clock is off. And HOLY CRAP WE LOST POWER. ARGH!!!! Needless to say, my mood worsened considerably as I began cursing out the state of WA. Apparently the heavy wet snow that was mercilessly falling brought down some power lines somewhere. The electric company told me they didn't have an estimate because with the treacherous roads, it was taking crews quite awhile to get out and assess the damaged areas. I suddenly had visions of being without power for days on end like what happened back in '06. How were we going to have Christmas brunch? Christmas dinner? I was having a real rough time of it.

Caiden woke up after a little while and after I finished nursing him, I was getting ready to bring him down to B so that I could go back upstairs and sulk. Well, I cannot tell you how elated I was when suddenly the fan started going, lights turned on and the whir of electronic items resumed their symphony. I was literally rejoicing at the restoration of our electricity! My mood immediately brightened and I felt like Christmas day could officially begin. I know that I should have been focusing on being thankful for at least having a roof over our heads, being in our own home and not stuck in some random airport, and the means to get somewhere for food if we needed to. There were plenty of people who didn't have access to such creature comforts. But I allowed my self pity to take over and wallowed in my anger and frustration over how the day was starting out. I think that part of the reason my mood turned around so quickly was because I did start to realize those things. So instead I resolved to get over it and move on. Be happy with who I am with and what we have. So with that, Caiden and I headed downstairs to find B and start our Christmas!

We had a great time opening gifts, playing with new toys and just enjoying being at home. I finally could enjoy the snow as I relaxed and just took it all in.

Brunch included delicious strawberry Belgian waffles with cool whip.

And for dinner we enjoyed pomegranate glazed Cornish hens with candied sweet potatoes and acorn squash filled with flavored cous cous. Homemade molten chocolate caramel truffles topped of a delicious dinner.

We snapped plenty of photos of Caiden's fun with the presents.

And of course I took tons of video footage of Caiden opening all of his Christmas presents, but I didn't think anyone would want to sit thru 50 min of video. :P So instead, I condensed it all down into a 5 min clip. Hope you enjoy it! I had fun putting it together!!