Happy Holidays everyone! I hope that regardless of what you celebrate, you had moments filled with joy, comfort and love. One thing I am extremely thankful for this year is that my holiday season has been filled with all of those things.
The last thing I expected this year was to meet the love of my life (call me crazy but I have dated lots of different people in my short yet crazy life so I like to think that I'm a little experienced in this field) and have everything naturally and magically come together and fall into place. From the very first moment that I met Alec, I could feel a pull towards an exciting and positive change in my life.
Anyways, this year I spent my Christmas in Ohio. A year ago, I never in a million years would have thought about visiting Ohio (now I actually want to move there!). However, as I sit on my plane ride home, I wish that I could magically take off of work and go back. Alec's family have been incredible with making me feel included, wanted and loved. I couldn't ask for anything better.
The first part of our holiday celebration was decorating Alec's apartment. I also bought a Gingerbread house to build and decorate.
Another thing Alec and I did was spend a Sunday at Busch Garden's Christmas Town! It was definitely a beautiful event! My favorite parts were the roller coasters and Little Italy!
I have absolutely no idea what I was trying to do in this photo besides having an obvious lapse in good judgement, haha.
One thing I later found out was that Alec's mother has a collection of beautiful nutcrackers. When we went antique shopping (see below) I found the cutest little Uncle Sam Nutcracker.
There were lots of absolutely beautiful light fixtures. One thing that I have always thought was romantic are twinkle lights and gardens. Therefore, the lights made this event so much more romantic and beautiful.
The week before Christmas, Alec and I exchanged one, small Christmas gift. I made him a memory box that I hope can be a time capsule for posterity since it will house our past, present and future memories.
Alec gifted me a sterling silver, diamond heart necklace with the most heartwarming card. I actually carry it around with me because I love reading it from time to time.
This past weekend (unfortunately ending the Christmas fun) Alec and I journeyed to OHIO! Since our first visit together, I've fallen in love and I'm really hoping we can eventually move there. Virginia is great and I know that I've wanted to move and live there since I was 13 but now, I've pretty much seen and experienced everything Virginia has to offer. I have my eyes set on Ohio as an eventual, final destination.
We drove up on Saturday and arrived mid afternoon. We went to dinner with his family and just spent the remainder of the night enjoying everyone's company.
On Sunday, Alec's delightful mother and I went antique shopping! I absolutely loved having her as my companion because she enjoys taking her time while shopping and just having fun! After shopping (I really wish I had more time off so Alec's Mom, Aunt and whoever else could of spent time doing girl things) the Butners and I attended Mass (I haven't been to church for awhile so it was nice to go back) and ate dinner with Alec's grandmother (she's an absolute hoot! She also called me sweet which I find hilarious because frankly I feel like I've been a sourpatch kid. Sour, sweet, gone).
On Christmas, everyone woke up and exchanged presents. Afterwards, we played some games together and just relaxed. I'm so thankful for my presents (one being the laptop that I'm using to write this) but what was truly important to me this year was having wonderful people to spend it with and feeling included. I'm so thankful that I finally got my Christmas wish this year.
Alec's family had the cutest little dog named Ivory. She was the sweetest thing! It also made things special because *Spoiler Alert* Alec and I have plans to move in together by Summertime and to adopt a little puppy! It was so special to see his interaction with Ivory and to receive lots of special doggy snuggles.
Right before my flight left, Alec and I spent our last few hours together in Columbus! It was definitely fun but hopefully next time we could spend a little bit more time exploring the city and state.
Anyways, I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! I know I did. Even if you didn't get exactly what you wanted, I promise it will arrive eventually (HELP ME! I'm losing my cynicism) and in the universe's timing.
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