driving home for christmas

we spent this years christmas and new years eve in the uk and decided to drive over instead of flying. since we had to take loads of stuff there and back and needed a car there to visit family and friends we thought this is a good idea. also it turned out to be cheaper than flying.

we heard many stories about road trips gone wrong with little ones and we decided to expect the worst... but against all odds it turned out really really good and pea was being a super baby!

we spent lovely days at granma and grandpa's house and of course pea got spoilt rotten... but he enjoyed every second of being with them (and "helping" granma in the kitchen...) and it was nice to make some new memories.

of course he got his very own christmas stocking which was unpacked first thing in the morning...

one of my happy places is brighton and it was magical returning there with my family after a really long time. we had the best day with perfect weather!

and of course we went for walks at the seafront with granma and grampa!

after we spent new years eve at chris's brothers place it was time to head back home after two lovely weeks with lots of family time!

first christmas

to make our first christmas as a family of three even more special we rented an apartment in the mountains for a week. luckily we found something where nani & nonno spend most of their winters. we were even luckier as auntie dani decided to spend christmas with all of us!

even götti & uncle jonathan and michael came to visit us for one day which  was a lot of fun (not to mention the bags of presents they brought...)!

although we didn't celebrate at home we put up a christmas tree. 

pea couldn't have cared less though...

last chance to let santa know

pea got to be a little reindeer on christmas eve

on christmas morning pea got to open more presents in bed before papi dressed him for a very special task...

yes!!!

of course we also had christmas crackers (and spaghetti bolognese for our christmas dinner, but that's another story...)

pea up high in the mountains

we really enjoyed our christmas vacation and could have stayed much longer!