Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Christmas @ Grandma & Grandpa’s

 

This year we got to celebrate Christmas a little early at my mom & dad’s house. It was so fun to have all my family come to open gifts, have a big meal, play cards & just enjoy each other’s company. The kids had to see all the presents under the tree for 2 whole days before they could open them, so they were so excited when Saturday finally came around!

One of Leah’s favorite gifts was from Uncle BJ & Jenipher: a Sleeping Beauty costume (including a crown and shoes!).

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And Andrew’s was from BJ & Jenipher, too: a huge firetruck. He didn’t even want to do anymore presents—he just wanted to go and “vroom” his truck.

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Their big gift was a big easel with a chalkboard on one side & dry erase board on the other. They played with it for a long time that day!

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Baby Abigail wasn’t really sure what was going on, but she knew she liked the jingle bell. And lots of people to hold her.

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Leah zoomed through opening her gifts, exclaiming over everything but moving on quickly. Andrew seemed a little more tentative and asked for help unwrapping his. He wanted to play with everything he opened and we had to prompt him that he had more to open.

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This is definitely something I would have done as a kid—lining up & organizing all her gifts.

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After all the mayhem, everyone was exhausted!

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This beautiful little Christmas angel, at not quite 8 weeks old, slept 8 hours straight Friday night while we were there (the 21st) and then the next 2 nights in a row! My best sleeper by far. She also traveled well to the beach—slept the whole 3 1/2 hour trip there and back!

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