Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Christmas Day

C was awake, and very anxious, just before 4 AM!  We let him go downstairs to see if Santa ate the cookies and to take a quick look, but then he had to go back to sleep.  Everyone got up around 6 AM when Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Jimmy arrived to share in the Christmas morning fun.  I usually try to get pictures of the kids walking down the stairs on Christmas morning, but I was changing K's diaper when everyone went down.  I should have had them wait or recreate the moment!!!

I love the excitement of Christmas morning.  It's so much fun to see how excited the kids get.

The favorite gifts this year are:

C and R each got a Nintendo DSi; C got black and R got pink.





T got an ipod Touch and Xbox Live.  He is very happy!


K got this Bright Starts Around We Go toy.  She should be ready to try it out in a few weeks!









After opening gifts, we got the house and ourselves ready for family and friends.  We had a pretty big group of people and everything went well.  I am very thankful for all of the help - Grandma spent a lot of time helping us prepare for this day (she did most of the cooking) and everyone brought food.  All four kids were very well behaved and had a wonderful day!










L was born three days before K.  I think they are third cousins - the dads are first cousins, so that makes the babies third cousins, right?  Whatever, they are cousins.  



I love this picture of all four kids with their great grandparents.


It was a wonderful Christmas!

11 comments:

MaryAnne said...

Merry Christmas! You got some great pictures! And I love R's little grey top!

Debbie said...

Looks like you all had a wonderful Christmas. Looking forward to any game suggestions you have for the DSi.

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful Christmas!! Looks like everyone had a great day!

Natalie PlanetSmarty said...

It sounds like a wonderful day! I see a lot of Nintendos as presents this year :)

Kelly said...

It looks like you had a great Christmas. You look wonderful and so calm for having so many guests! Merry Christmas
Kelly, Little Wonders' Days

Jenny said...

What a great day!

That's a good point about the cousins. I'm thinking they are 2nd cousins, but now I'm not sure. LOL! We just all go by "cousin".

It looks like everyone had a great Christmas!

Ticia said...

This is what I get for asking how things went before reading your blog, you already answered it :)

Looks like a wonderfully fun day and dinner. I want to come!

That toy K got looks like so much fun, I bet she's going to love it.

An Almost Unschooling Mom said...

They are second cousins. The child of your cousin is your first cousin once removed, and your child is a second cousin to your cousin's child - not like it's confusing, or anything :) Glad to hear the party went well! It looks like it was a beautiful day.

Sherri said...

Merry Christmas Christy!
Everything looks perfect!!!!
Your look fantastic!

Annette W. said...

We had a houseful (19 total) too...and also had lots of help with the food. What a special day...and love the pic with the grandparents!

Susana said...

Oh, I LOVE all of these pictures, Christy. You got some really good ones of family together. The food looks so good!!!! That is a great picture of you and the kids. You look so good. And, look at the biggest T in a picture on your blog--YAY :-)!! R and K look so pretty in their dresses. Are those Hanna Andersson? I think my Hanna has a purple one like that.

Christmas comes and goes so fast. I like to watch the kids excitement too. You look like you truly did have a wonderful Christmas Day.