This year we decided to stay in D.C. for Christmas. Grandma and Grandpa Carter drove from North Carolina to join us. On Christmas Eve, we dressed in our Christmas best and had another awesome dinner at one of our favorites, Founding Farmers.

Afterwards, we came back home and put Brooks in his festive pajamas and watched “A Christmas Story.” Then Mark and I discussed the story of the three wise men and the miraculous birth of Christ. (This is a Clark family tradition.)

The next morning we sorted our gifts all the while Brooks peacefully napped. He fared the best this year with presents. (He popped his eyes open just in time to take this picture.)