We opened one gift each on Christmas Eve per our family tradition. This momma likes for everyone to have fresh, new PJ's on Christmas Eve so we all look fantastic (stop giggling) on Christmas morning for all the photo taking... Here's Maddy when she got to open a gift early:
Amelia and Daddy:
After opening our new PJ's, we ate a quick dinner and got ready for church. Mass started at 6 PM, but we got there early to ensure that we got seats. During the homily, the children of the parish put on a little production of the nativity story, then mass continued as normal. All in all, we were at church for almost 2 hours... The girls did FANTASTIC (especially considering the length of time and the time of day... bedtime)!!! Here we are all dressed up and ready to go:
Our day started around the normal "wake up" time (6:30 AM) when Momo and Maddy woke up! We all got up (with the exception of Amelia) to check out what Santa brought for us. Here's a little snip-it of "the first glimpse" taken with my new Flip video camera that Santa let me open on Christmas Eve after the kiddos were in bed. The camera takes pretty good quality video, but since we didn't have very many lights on (and it was still pitch black outside), this video in particular isn't the best...
Amelia slept through all of Maddy's gift opening. Shortly after Bryan and I started opening our gifts, she woke up and joined us. Here are some photos of us opening gifts:
Opening stockings:
The first gift:
A remote controlled car for Maddy:
Hide & Seek JoJo the Bunny:
The Polar Express:
A Baby Alive baby doll...
The Thomas the Tank Engine Misty Island playset:
Amelia's awake!!!
Amelia's first gift was her Bumbo seat. That worked out nicely because then she could sit up while we opened more gifts!!
SHREK FOREVER AFTER!!
Maddy even snapped a few photos for us:
The girls got a wagon... Maddy immediately asked if we could go to the pool because our neighbors always took their wagon to the pool this past summer. LoL...
Maddy's new playhouse!!
"It has a slide, Mommy!!" :)
Around lunchtime, two of our very dear friends from Abilene came to join us for dinner!! We were THRILLED to have Mike and Breezy as our company for Christmas dinner... especially since they'll be heading to Japan in January for a 3 year assignment... When it was almost time for them to head home, we took a few pictures of the girls to document the occasion!! I sure hope it's not 3 years before we see them again... I'm already trying to research taking a space available flight to Japan with the girls for a visit... Wonder how that would go?!?! :)
I hope all of you are recovering from all the Christmas excitement!! We love you all!!
Also, a special congrats to Kelly & Andrew!! We couldn't be more excited!! I can't wait to hear all the details and plans!! :)
Love you guys!!
4 comments:
Great BLOG!!! Those girls are precious. Aunt Sue especially loved the matching church outfits. Kids and Christmas make for great memories and happy times.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you...
Thanks for sharing. Great year to be Maddy
Thanks for posting this, I loved getting to see it. Maybe next year Santa will bring you a boom mic and some lighting haha.
Looks like everyone had a blast and got what they wanted, always a success.
What a great Christmas eve and morning. Everyone is glowing with all the excitement and fun. It is wonderful to have little ones to open gifts at Christmas time.
This way we can share the moments with you.
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