on christmas day, we ventured out into woodstock to visit olivia!

she was in town with her boyfriend aaron {they currently live in florida} and i was so excited to be able to see her!  we had planned on going over to her parent’s house {can you believe that i’ve known olivia for 6+ years and i have never met her parents or her brother henry?!} and hang out on christmas day.

we slept over at hc parent’s house due to our logistics that day.  we got up and aunt wendy so kindly cooked us a christmas pancake breakfast!  she makes some really delicious cakes!  also, dick opened his gift from jane…she commissioned a canvas wrapped collage of olive pictures!

[cute canvas wrapped collage of olive]

we gathered ourselves and finally headed our way to woodstock.  a half hour later, we were at our destination.  it was so good to see miss olivia!!!  we were greeted by her family and the socializing began.  we were offered drinks {orange juice for me and beer for hc!} and we cozied right in.  they were in awe over little miss olive.  between mrs. gantner and olivia, olive was passed back and forth…so nice for mommy to be hands free!

we ended up staying at their house for over three hours!  it was so nice to sit, relax, and catch up.  it was so wonderful to get to know her parents, they are such lovely people!  it meant a lot to us to be there!

here’s a fun fact:  when olivia and i were visiting her sister claire in d.c. {i was 4 weeks pregnant at the time and didn’t know it!}, we were walking through the grocery store across the street from her sister’s place {picking up taco ingredients for dinner, like lime for the guac!}, discussing baby names.  that’s when i decided i loved the name olive or the french pronunciation & spelling of olivia {with an accent over the a}.  crazy right?  that’s the true story behind baby olive’s name!

[olivia with olive]

[goofing around with my sweet olivia and cuddly, soft bruce!]

i didn’t want to leave but we needed to get back to the heintz’s for the second part of christmas day.  they were hosting it at their house and everyone was already there by the time we got back.

[kait super happy to be holding olive]

[daniel finally holding his cousin olive // he protested quite a few times!]

appetizers were being served and the party was in full swing!  we greeted and chitchatted with all the cousins, aunts, and uncles.  baby olive was immediately snatched away and passed amongst the family members!  i was then bombarded with gifts for baby olive.  so sweet of everyone for thinking of her.  it’s so fun to open up presents full of cuteness.

the kids ate first {mickey d cheeseburgers and fries} and then ran away to play the evening away.  then the adults got to eat!  i was hungry!  the lasagna was very delicious.  we conversed, mingled, and hung out the rest of the evening.  after much imbibing and noshing, we were ready to head home.

[merry christmas!]

it was an amazing week and christmas celebration with all our friends and family.  we are so lucky to have such special, wonderful people in our lives.  God bless everyone!

xoxo