Yes, it's that time of year again and I am SOOOOOOOOO excited to have my first Christmas with Baby Charlie! I love Christmas so much already! It's my favorite holiday for sure. But now that I get to share it with Charlize and see Christmas through a childs eyes.. It just means so much more! Since Charlize is only a tiny baby this Christmas, this Christmas is really about starting our family traditions. Cory is especially excited about starting family traditions because he's always pictured his family and how we would do things at Christmas time.
One of our first family traditions is going to OUR town San Marcos, Texas and going to the annual Sights & Sounds of Christmas on the first weekend of December. San Marcos is a special town to Cory and I since we both went to school there and consider it our little get away in the hill country. It will always be a special place for us. We have gone to Sights & Sounds almost every year since Cory started going to school at Texas State and we always wanted to make that a family tradition once we started a family.
This year along with it being Charlize's first time, it was Katie and Gregory's 2nd time, and Denise, Victoria, Alexandrea, and Angelina's first time too! First we went to Centerpoint Station for lunch since it's Katie's favorite place to eat in San Marcos. She loves the burgers there since they use rolls instead of regular hamburger buns, plus they have a cute little shop that is attached that we love to go shopping in. Charlie had a very interesting experience at her first Centerpoint stop. She had a blowout and we decided to change her in the middle of the restaurant since the restrooms were small and crowded. Things got a little out of hand and her Zaza ended up carrying a naked baby around the whole shop/restaurant! So Funny! Kinda stressed me out as a mom at the time, but looking back on it even minutes later... it was pretty hilarious! We got Charlize all cleaned up and changed, had a good meal, and bought a few things at the store including a cute little (or shall I say BIG) red bow for Charlize from her Zaza.
After that we checked in to our hotel and got ready to go to Sights & Sounds! It was so fun to walk though those gates again with our daughter Charlize. Cory and I have made so many memories at Sights and Sounds and it's so amazing to start new memories with our baby Charlie! Even if she is only 2 months old, it was fun to have her there with us so we can tell her that she's been going there since she was born. She DID get to ride one ride at her young age! Cory and I always ride the ferris wheel without fail! It has always been so romantic to us to ride the ferris wheel, steel a kiss and try to snap a picture of old main once we get to the top. This time we had Victoria and Charlize with us! Oldest and youngest of the cousins. And Victoria snapped our family photo once we got to the top!
After Sights and Sounds we went to Pluckers for late night dinner and had some Naked Chicken, Fried Mac and Cheese, and lots of Wings! Everyone ended up loving Pluckers which is great because it was another one of our college favorites that we wanted to share with them.
The next day we went shopping in San Marcos and on our way back home we stopped in Austin to eat at my FAVORITE restaurant ever, ZEN, and to see Cory's barracks, where he will be staying while he attends Trooper Academy. We also stopped at Dairy Queen, Denise's favorite, for dessert on the way back home.
We had a blast with the family and hope they did too. Maybe they will come with us again next year!
One of our first family traditions is going to OUR town San Marcos, Texas and going to the annual Sights & Sounds of Christmas on the first weekend of December. San Marcos is a special town to Cory and I since we both went to school there and consider it our little get away in the hill country. It will always be a special place for us. We have gone to Sights & Sounds almost every year since Cory started going to school at Texas State and we always wanted to make that a family tradition once we started a family. 
After Sights and Sounds we went to Pluckers for late night dinner and had some Naked Chicken, Fried Mac and Cheese, and lots of Wings! Everyone ended up loving Pluckers which is great because it was another one of our college favorites that we wanted to share with them. 
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