Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Christmas Day!

Christmas was so perfect this year. It was so much fun to see Braelyn have so much fun opening her gifts. Santa brought her this pink kitchen that she loves and plays with all the time! We took our time that morning and let Braelyn actually play with her gifts a little right after opening them. She wanted everything completely out of the packaging right away.





Gandma Joyce bought her this cute doll that sings and giggles!







Braelyn had to take a little break from opening presents to eat a banana and some juice.




This is Jake's new air compressor that he has been wanting for over a year now. I got a new camera, clothes and some slippers. It was such a great morning. After opening presents, we had pancakes. Mom was cute and made Braelyn Mickey Mouse shaped pancakes and she thought that was pretty neat!


We stayed home this year the whole day, which was wonderful! My sister Traci and her family came for dinner. The rest of my family was out of town this year. These are 2 of Traci's girl's; Ashlynn and Maci. They played the entire time with Braelyn! Here they were reading books to her, but Braelyn was too wound up to take a picture. Maci chased Braelyn through the house for about an hour or two (no kidding). They were both just laughing and having such a good time! Thanks girls for making Christmas so much fun for Braelyn. The adults played some games and then had pie later.



I realized after everyone left that I hadn't gotten a picture of Braelyn in her Christmas dress. She was so sweaty and her hair was falling out, but that will just remind me how much fun she had. I had to bribe her with candy to get a few pictures.




This is the look I got when she was sick of taking pictures.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve this was so much fun! First we went out to lunch to get out of the house. Then later Mom came over to make goodies. We made tons of sugar cookies and some toffee crackers that turned out so yummy. Braelyn helped decorate the cookies, and loved it. She did eat the M&M's every chance she got. Then we braved the cold and took a few goodie bags around to neighbors. It was soooo cold!





Later that night we watched some of Polar Express, then let Braelyn open her Christmas jammies. They were Minnie Mouse and she Loved them! She was so excited to put them on!





Minnie Jammies!



Then for story time that night we read all of our Christmas and Jesus books. It was such a great Christmas Eve, just what I wanted it to be!