Our Family Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas. We had the Christmas Eve party at our house this year. The weather was very bad out and a lot of people already had plans, so it was small and nice. Madi was so excited Christmas Eve day that she was non stop and we could not keep her in bed for nap time. But she did very well that evening for not having a nap and it made it easier at bedtime because she was spent. We were so afraid she would get up and come out while we were putting presents under the tree.

Santa came undetected, ate his cookies and milk and the reindeer ate their carrots that Madi left. She even drew a picture and left it under the tree for Santa. He left her a nice note in return and way too many presents! Madi was up at 6:30 and was very excited. "Mommy, Santa left presents, Santa left presents! Let's go open them!" I sent her to the bathroom while Chris and I got up and before we made out to the living room, Chris heard wrapping paper being torn. And of course, the first present to be opened was her sewing machine!!! She was so excited and I wanted to get her reaction on camera, but we were too late. Oh well, it was fun to watch her and all her excitement. Even after telling her during the day who some of the presents were from, she still thinks everything came from Santa!! We opted to let Evan sleep and not get him up for presents. He really has no idea what is going on this year. And I am glad we let him sleep. I would have had to feed him and miss watching Madi open her gifts. It was nice to give her all the attention one last Christmas.

After we opened our gifts and played and picked up a bit. Dan, Jane and Jon came out with their gifts and we opened again. Again, all those gifts were also from Santa! We did more playing and cleaning up and started making lunch. My parents came out and joined us for Christmas. It was a wonderful day. And my wonderful husband did all the cooking this year. It was very amazing and he did a great job!


After opening her sewing machine.


My Happy Christmas Baby!!


Loving the exersaucer!


Madi's team shirt! She told Grandma she wanted a team shirt with her name and the number 3 on it. She opened that gift and immediately tore off her other shirt and put her team shirt on. She was so excited. That night she took it off and folded it and layed it on her table in her room. I asked her why she didn't put it in her hamper and she said she didn't want to get it dirty. First thing the next morning she woke up and put that shirt back on. I thought oh no, she is going to want to wear this shirt everyday!! Later in the afternoon of the second day, we ended up turning the shirt around and wearing it backwards because she wanted to see her name and 3!! She is just too much fun sometimes!


Sleepy baby.

New Year's Eve we are having a get together with the Gengler family and New Year's Day we are spending the day with my parents and Jason, Tabatha and Jaxson to have our family Christmas. Fun and busy weekend coming up!!

Happy New Year!!!
Love, Amy