Mr. Husband and I have officially decided to spend the holidays here in our own home.
I realize that’s a bit of a ways away,
but if we don’t make our plans early and stick to our guns, we end up in the battle of the “whose holiday is it?”
It’s our holiday.
Last year was the first time I’d ever spent a holiday completely away from my family.
We went to the in-laws for Thanksgiving while the rest of my family went to Disney World. If you’ve read this post, you can probably guess how I felt about that. [you can peek here, here, here & here to see how things went last year.]
I said as we were driving away that it just wasn’t fair for all of the fun to get completely sucked out of what’s supposed to be a magical time.
So now, we’re adults. Right?
We get to decide what we do with our time.
So we’ll have our holidays here.
They will be quiet, I’m sure.
But I’m so excited for the opportunity to start some of our own little traditions.
I’m also STINKING excited to cook my first [real] Thanksgiving dinner!
What are some of your favorite things that make your holidays special?
Sweet, Mr. Husband,
All those Thanksgiving and Christmas I wished you could be there.
And now?
Well, now.
I love this! Enjoy your holiday for two! Sometimes those are the best kinds 🙂
I think this is a great idea. I want to do the same thing too 🙂
I used to be upset that my in-laws had us over for lunch on Christmas and not earlier, but now that we're married, I'm so happy to have that time with my husband–just the two of us.
Oh, and if I could get out of going to my father-in-law's side of the family for Thanksgiving I would be all over that! Unfortunately, my husband likes to make an appearance even though it is super awkward.
This is so cute. You guys are going to have one awesome Holiday 🙂
Aww, that'll be awesome! So fun to start your own traditions.
We were always so far away that we didn't have the money to fly home for a couple days during the holidays. I mean, $800+ per ticket to go home for a couple days just seemed outrageous. So we'd do something that no one else really got to do. We'd go to hotels and live it up by the pool with drinks in our hands. I mean, it was Hawaii! This year we're in SC and our families are a lot closer, but since we're due in January and everyone wants to come when/after the baby is born we're spending another holiday just the two of us, and I am totally ok with that. I never minded just having us together for the holidays, we've made so many memories!
Creating your own holiday traditions is the best. You're going to have the best time!