Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Merry Christmas!

On Christmas eve night, we fell asleep in the car on the way home from our great-grandparents house, and were upset in the morning when we realized that we forgot to leave cookies and milk for Santa… Good thing he felt comfortable enough to help himself!

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…and we’re glad he got the energy he needed from our cookies, because he was BUSY at Nannie’s house!

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Our stockings were FULL of goodies… dolls, candy, hairbows & games galore! He knew just what we like!

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Abby was VERY excited that Santa brought her the Barbie doll she asked for!

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… and he remembered to bring Emily her doll with a horse! Santa ROCKS!!!

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Ben even helped open his own Santa presents!

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Nannie was very excited to open the bowls that we all painted at a pottery place for her to have at her house when we come!

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Ben had a good time hanging out with grandpa…

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… and got the coolest construction silverware in his stocking!

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One of the hits this year was matching bean bag chairs for us from Nannie & Grandpa… We LOVE them!

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They make for a perfect reading nook in our room!

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It took Emily a while, but she managed to get through opening all her gifts… she just wanted to stop and play with everything!

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Our Santa’s Little helper had a great time!

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Mommy tried time and time again, and there was just NO getting good group shots this Christmas…

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Even Emily tried to get a few shots with her new camera! She likes being just like mommy!

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Aunt Bridget was a trooper, even at 37 weeks pregnant! We can’t wait to celebrate Christmas next year with baby Liam!

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We were very happy celebrating Ben’s first Christmas this year all together!

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Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

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