This Christmas EVE was definitely different. For the past three years we've had a revolving door of grandparents visiting us in Charlottesville (VA)...it would start around the 16th of December and end around December 30th. It was always a special time...visiting live nativities, walking downtown, looking at Christmas lights, shopping, playing at the local parks, etc.. but now we live in much closer driving distance to family. My parents arrived around lunch time on Christmas EVE... so I wanted to do some kind of "traditional" thing Christmas EVE morning. 
A pancake buffet breakfast!! This is our friend, Whit's plate... I'll have you know Whit told us these were the BEST pancakes he had eaten in all of 2012. ;) THANKS, Whit! He even "tweeted" about it.. haha! ;) 
This is a bad picture but we had crushed pecans, fresh strawberries, bananas AND the most popular item on the "buffet" homemade WHIP CREAM!!! ;) We also had sausage, scrambled eggs and mimosa's! ;) YUMMY!! 
We always enjoy my parents being with us at Christmas... we attended our candlelight Christmas Eve service, drove around and looked at some beautiful and very impressive Christmas lights {Graddy family Christmas lights}, Dee and Hudson watched Polar Express (a new favorite of Hudson's;)...
We left Santa his snack, read The Night Before Christmas and put Hudson to bed. He literally asked to go to bed so that Santa could come to his house... he was so excited! :)
That's right.. this is his gift from Mommy and Daddy... the poem reads..
"It's Christmas at Disney with
Mickie & Minnie
Peter Pan and Captain Hook
You will see everyone
You've read about in your book!!!" ;)
Brad has his annual Corporate meeting in Orlando and we've been saying for years we want to go a few days before to take Hudson... he is THRILLED to say the least!!! ;) He loves his Disney books.. he can't wait to meet Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Belle and the Beast, etc.. we leave on Thursday!!! ;) It will be a short trip, Hudson and I will fly back and leave Brad for the week in Orlando.
My parents are amazing and willing to keep MB for us... we can't wait to go back in another couple of years when MaryBradford is a little older! :) :)
Stay tuned for another Christmas (day) post to see what Santa brought!!! ;) ;)
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