This was the first year we stayed home on Christmas Day due to the fact that we have a newborn, it was nice to be home so Santa could visit us at our house, but it sure was different not being in Texas and spending time with all of our family. Luckily though, Lex's parents were able to come up to see us. I will say though, I am glad we didn't travel with a 6 week old and a 2 year old - I would have been a stress ball! Overall, we had a wonderful first Christmas as a family of 4.
We all woke up to full stockings and lucky Katelyn got some orange presents, a piggy bank and a tricycle from Santa!!
Our little sock monkey....
...needed a little help opening his stocking this year :)
After opening Santa's gifts, we had an excellent breakfast (crockpot breakfast casserole & cinnabon sticking buns - both recipes from pintrest - yummy!), then opened a ton more presents. I think it took us about 2 1/2 hours to get through all of our presents - we realized that we shouldn't have gotten ourselves quite so much because all of our family mailed us a ton of presents that we saved to open on Xmas morning as well. We are so thankful for everything we received, but wish we could have opened those presents in person.
Katelyn LOVES her new dollhouse and orange sweater/bow from Mimi & Pops...thank you!!
Levi all decked out in his bow tie, napping with Mommy and apparently having some pretty sweet dreams - love this pic!!
Around 5, Sandra & Fred made it to our house. We opened a TON of more presents and ate a fabulous dinner! We are so thankful they were able to make it on Christmas Day so we could celebrate with them. It made the day so much more memorable.
Grammy made Katelyn her very own box to keep all of her favorite orange things, what a great idea! She also go a new art easel and some princess figurines that have adopted the new dollhouse as their castle!
Levi is growing like no other. Today I went though and packed up all his newborn clothes and brought out all the 3-6 month clothes since he is outgrowing them all so quickly. Time is going by way too fast. Maybe it will slow down a little once the new year hits - I hope. Here Grammy is getting some good quality snuggle time in.
We hope you all had a wonderful Merry Christmas!!
2 comments:
That pic of Levi is a heart-melter! TOO perfect!!! Merry Christmas! Wish y'all were here, but glad you had fun there.
Thanks for posting these new pictures. Levi is really growing. I am glad that Sandra and Fred are there with you this Christmas.
I love Levi's smile. He is going to be a happy little boy. I love the ones with his eyes open too. I am glad that Katelyn likes her doll house and orange things. She is precious and I really miss her.
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