Feliz Navidad from LA

This past Christmas we drove to LA... leaving the Bay Area at about 4am on Christmas Eve and checking into the hotel by 10am.  Not bad!  We managed to beat all of the traffic and were hoping we could all get a nap in.  Well 2/3 of us did... a certain 4 year old did not.

That night we joined Abuela's family for their traditional Christmas Eve dinner and visit from Santa.  Drew of course crashed by 8pm and missed out on the awesome dinner (he did have a PB&J before falling asleep).

And it's tradition for a family member to dress up as Santa Claus and pass out presents to the kids.  This year it was Uncle Lupe.

We were all a little chilly at that hour.

Drew did end up waking up, but wasn't in a good mood.  He was a bit nervous of Santa and then when everyone laughed at him grabbing his gifts, Drew was rather embarrassed and it was the end of him for the night.  We went back to the hotel by midnight.

The next morning we went back to Tata and Abuela's for the gathering of Tata's family.  Including Great-Grandma Tomasa.

And we managed to get a family shot...

The family was awfully generous for Drew and brought him some presents - lots of noise makers.

After awhile, Drew was begging to go back to the hotel. I  think he needed to unwind - we were hoping for a nap - but we went back to Tata and Abuela's that night for the exchange of our gifts.

Drew couldn't believe all the Rocky stuff he got, including the Title fight Ring from Rocky III.

It was wonderful holiday filled with family.  We are very lucky.