Christmas Day Wrap up

Okay, I think we are all recovered from Christmas now.....Don't get me wrong I love Christmas Eve and Christmas, it is my favorite time of the year, but we stay sooo busy that we always need a few days to recover and wind down!!!





On Christmas morning we were able to get the kids to eat breakfast before they started ripping into their presents. They really do not know otherwise (yet), so it was not a big deal! Ayla was excited to see that Santa liked his cookies and milk left out for him, she also LOVED her new stroller that Santa brought. So after our traditional Christmas breakfast of french toast and bacon, the kids started ripping into their presents...with their matching pajamas on of course..lol.. here are a few (well alot) pictures of the morning!!



















In the afternoon, my family came over for dinner and then after we all exchanged gifts, we had a surprise visit by Santa himself!! Ayla and Brennan must have been very good this year!!




my sister, her son, my nephew Kurt and his girlfriend Samantha


My Bil Neil and niece, Angel


Uncle Dunc helping Brennan with some presents!


My little sister Amy..


Sisters!!


Have you noticed that Brennan really likes his Dvd Player that he got from Christmas, he is in Wiggle's heaven!!







and then came.....



the look on Ayla's face was priceless...



and Brennan, well he just continued to play his I-phone, oh, I mean MY I-phone..lol



Santa brought lots of gifts for Ayla and Brennan...













We also had our very good friends, Summer, Greg and Kelcee stop by in the evening... Ayla was so excited to see Kelcee and exchange gifts with them.







This Christmas was truly a blessing. I am so thankful for all of my family and friends and for the time we got to spend with each of them. I enjoyed every minute of it and I know each year will only get better and better.

and that's a Wrap Up for Christmas 2009....WOO HOO!!

Christmas Eve

We had a very fun and exciting Christmas Eve with John's parents and grandmother. We also celebrate Christmas with Kaleb and let him open his presents because he goes to Indiania and then Nashville on Christmas morning to spend the Holidays with his Dad. I can't beleive how tall he is getting, he is much taller than me now..sniff, sniff...


The first thing Ayla does when Mamaw comes over is take her to her bedroom. She loves for Mamaw to play with her. I think she thinks mamaw is her age because she is sooo little. I believe mamaw is around 4"11. Mamaw, Ayla loves you very much and she loves spending time and playing with you!! I am so happy that you always oblige her!!






Ayla was so excited to open her gifts. We ate dinner before opening gifts and she kept saying, "it's time, it's time". It was so cute. She dove right in and was throwing paper everywhere


and of course she had to help Brennan open all of his presents too. In fact, she had to help everyone open their gifts! She was so excited to get a Baby Alive from Grandma and Grandpa, afterall, all she wanted for Christmas was lots and lots of babies!


and Brennan got the coolest tool set complete with helmet, belt, drill, screwdrivers, etc..


and of course Ayla loved it WAY MORE than he did..lol... she got to work right away!


She was drilling, hammering and measuring everything....


Yep, she is definitely a Daddy's Girl! She kept saying, "these are just like Daddy's".




As you can see... Ayla was so very nice to help her big brother open his presents








We had a great Christmas Eve, the kids were so excited and they loved opening all of their gifts. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for all of our nice presents!! I also want to thank Mamaw again for making a donation to the Arthritis Foundation in honor of Ayla. That was so sweet and we couldn't have asked for a better present!









Of course we will have more Christmas pics in the days to come....I feel like it lasted forever!