Christmas Recap #5: {Christmas Eve on New Year's Eve in Biloxi}

We left the snow in St. Louis on the morning of the 27th to make our trek back to Biloxi. I was very nervous to embark on the 665 mile journey without the help of my co-entertainers (my mom & sister) as they were making their way back to GA. The drive took us about 12 hrs. The first hour of the drive was pretty rough, but other than that Shelby was such a trooper. We stopped for lunch at McDonald's and dinner at Jason's Deli in Jackson (such a nice treat since we don't have it in Biloxi!), and at both of these stops Shelby was like an angel baby...she was just so happy to be out of the car!

We were anxious to get home so we could celebrate our little Christmas as a family of three, but that wasn't in the cards for us just yet. Shelby didn't get to bed until 9:30ish on the night we got home, and she was such a sleepyhead the next morning! We finally went in her room at 11:15 that morning to wake her up..ha! For the next couple of days, she was just very out of sorts and we didn't want to celebrate Christmas at a time when we knew she couldn't fully enjoy it. So we waited, and finally by the 31st Shelby was starting to act more like herself again! So on New Year's Eve, we celebrate our little Christmas Eve! We put milk & cookies out for Santa and carrots for the reindeer...then we read Twas the Night Before Christmas before tucking Miss Shelby in bed for the night.




After Shelby was in bed, Derek & I treated ourselves to Outback to Go for dinner and then put her presents out under the tree and set up her new princess ball pit for Christmas morning.
Although we knew she wouldn't really "get" Christmas this year, we were still very excited to see Shelby's reaction to her new toys in the morning!

Only one more Christmas recap to go...I think I will meet my goal of completing them all before February! Yay! :)