Derek really enjoyed his first Christmas. He got some really cool gifts and took pictures in front of 3 different Christmas trees. We spent Christmas Eve with my family and Christmas Day with Erica's family, a tradition that has been going on since Erica and I got married. This time we have our little man to celebrate with. The festivities began at our apartment on Christmas. Erica, Derek and I got dressed to go to my brother Jay and his family's house for Christmas with the
Buenaventura's. We loaded Erica's car with presents for both families and our luggage for the trip to Delano. With all the stuff in the car, by the time the three of us were inside, Erica's car closely resembled a tightly packed can of sardines. Before we left, we took a photo with our Christmas tree.
As soon as we got to Jay's house, it was dinner time for us(including Derek). Those in attendance were my entire side of the family including my grandma, mom & dad, oldest brother Ron, Jay (he didn't have to work this time around), Joanna,
Jalene, Jolene, my mom's sister Auntie Baby and her husband Uncle Boy, my cousins Charm, Sam & Don, and another one of my cousins Katrina. We were also joined by Katrina's mom,
Marites and Joanna's mom, Jennifer. Some of the things we ate included turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, ribs, and double chocolate cheesecake. It was like Thanksgiving all over again! Once everyone ate, we gathered around to open presents. Derek opened his first present from his mommy and daddy. We got him a baby block toy with lots of colors (we also got him a bunch of other toys and clothes, but only wrapped this particular toy). Then he opened the rest of his gifts. We opened our gifts too. The rest of the family opened theirs and they were very pleased of the things that we got them. After the gift opening, we took some family photos and other random pics. We left Jay's house at around 10:30 and proceeded to our next destination, Delano.
Before we head on our road trip to Delano, I grabbed a 24 once french vanilla mocha at 7-11. This drink kept me up the entire 4 hour drive and it was only $1.69. I recommend it if you ever need to stay up for a long period of time. During the drive, there was no traffic at all, although I was surprised on how many cars were on the road at around 1:00 AM Christmas Morning. It was raining for a bit of the trip and we finally made it at around 2:30 AM. Derek was knocked out for the majority of the drive and we immediately put him to bed. Erica and I decided to open gifts that we got each other since
technically it was Christmas morning. She got me two pairs of shoes($50 each via
ebay, which we didn't wrap), a
nike beanie and a planner. I got her some
Ticori earrings and the Multiple Blessings (Jon & Kate + 8) book. After that, we went to sleep.
On Christmas morning, we gathered around the
Sison Christmas tree for part 2 of Derek's first Christmas. Everyone was in attendance including Mom, Dad, Jocelyn, Elaine &
Carlito and their kids Xavier, Zachary and
Ysabelle, Rick and his kids Kyle, Alethea and James and finally Erica, Derek and I. The first to open gifts was the kids, youngest to oldest. Derek was first to open gifts and then the kids alternated gifts. All of Derek's gifts we're awesome, but the best one was the
Excersaucer that Elaine,
Carlito & Jocelyn got for him. Then it was the adults' turn. We did if different this year. During Thanksgiving, we picked names for Secret Santa and each adult provided a top five wish list that consisted in which each item had to be at least $100. It went really well and I'll I can say is that everyone was happy on what they got, including Dad. I picked him and Erica and I decided that we should get him an
IPOD Nano. It was the perfect gift. He enjoys his new gadget. Erica got some Bare Minerals makeup and face cream. I got an
upconverting HD dvd player and an added bonus, a Chargers fossil watch(that wasn't on my list but I admit that I like that one a lot better than the
dvd player). Erica got Rick and we got him a Shiatsu back
massager. Elaine got a leather brief case/computer bag from Mom. Jocelyn got a Coach bag from Elaine.
Carlito received a Flip mini camcorder and finally from Jocelyn. Finally, Mom got
Tresor, a perfume set that she was really excited about.
As soon as we got to Jay's house, it was dinner time for us(including Derek). Those in attendance were my entire side of the family including my grandma, mom & dad, oldest brother Ron, Jay (he didn't have to work this time around), Joanna, Jalene, Jolene, my mom's sister Auntie Baby and her husband Uncle Boy, my cousins Charm, Sam & Don, and another one of my cousins Katrina. We were also joined by Katrina's mom, Marites and Joanna's mom, Jennifer. Some of the things we ate included turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, ribs, and double chocolate cheesecake. It was like Thanksgiving all over again! Once everyone ate, we gathered around to open presents. Derek opened his first present from his mommy and daddy. We got him a baby block toy with lots of colors (we also got him a bunch of other toys and clothes, but only wrapped this particular toy). Then he opened the rest of his gifts. We opened our gifts too. The rest of the family opened theirs and they were very pleased of the things that we got them. After the gift opening, we took some family photos and other random pics. We left Jay's house at around 10:30 and proceeded to our next destination, Delano.
Before we head on our road trip to Delano, I grabbed a 24 once french vanilla mocha at 7-11. This drink kept me up the entire 4 hour drive and it was only $1.69. I recommend it if you ever need to stay up for a long period of time. During the drive, there was no traffic at all, although I was surprised on how many cars were on the road at around 1:00 AM Christmas Morning. It was raining for a bit of the trip and we finally made it at around 2:30 AM. Derek was knocked out for the majority of the drive and we immediately put him to bed. Erica and I decided to open gifts that we got each other since technically it was Christmas morning. She got me two pairs of shoes($50 each via ebay, which we didn't wrap), a nike beanie and a planner. I got her some Ticori earrings and the Multiple Blessings (Jon & Kate + 8) book. After that, we went to sleep.
On Christmas morning, we gathered around the Sison Christmas tree for part 2 of Derek's first Christmas. Everyone was in attendance including Mom, Dad, Jocelyn, Elaine & Carlito and their kids Xavier, Zachary and Ysabelle, Rick and his kids Kyle, Alethea and James and finally Erica, Derek and I. The first to open gifts was the kids, youngest to oldest. Derek was first to open gifts and then the kids alternated gifts. All of Derek's gifts we're awesome, but the best one was the Excersaucer that Elaine, Carlito & Jocelyn got for him. Then it was the adults' turn. We did if different this year. During Thanksgiving, we picked names for Secret Santa and each adult provided a top five wish list that consisted in which each item had to be at least $100. It went really well and I'll I can say is that everyone was happy on what they got, including Dad. I picked him and Erica and I decided that we should get him an IPOD Nano. It was the perfect gift. He enjoys his new gadget. Erica got some Bare Minerals makeup and face cream. I got an upconverting HD dvd player and an added bonus, a Chargers fossil watch(that wasn't on my list but I admit that I like that one a lot better than the dvd player). Erica got Rick and we got him a Shiatsu back massager. Elaine got a leather brief case/computer bag from Mom. Jocelyn got a Coach bag from Elaine. Carlito received a Flip mini camcorder and finally from Jocelyn. Finally, Mom got Tresor, a perfume set that she was really excited about.
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