Christmas Day

Christmas morning Eddie and I headed to Kelsey and Garth's to see what kind of haul Maddox received from Santa. She was so excited when we got there and eager to show us everything. Her favorite gift seemed to be the trampoline. She bounced and jumped with the excitement only a two year old has at 8:00 a.m. on Christmas morning! She got toys, toys, toys and has finally decided that Santa might be a pretty good ole guy.

We came home to get ready for everyone to come to our house for our gift swap and dinner. The funniest part of that day was watching Poppy put together a little kitchen for Maddox. You have to remember that it has been quite a few years since he has done this and I am sure that he forgot just how time consuming this job can be....and how stressful! After four hours he finally got it put together. Actually he put it together several times before he got it right! Needless to say he is very, very proud of that kitchen!!

The girls both went to the in-laws for other family get-togethers and in the late afternoon a very tired, pregnant mommie walked into my bathroom as I was drying my hair and asked me to please put Maddox down for her nap. (I think "Mommie" had reached the end of her rope!!) Maddox and Mommie both rested and the day got better for both of them before the rest of the family arrived.

Daddy, Julie, Granny, Poppa, Leah, Hunter, Kelsey, Garth, Maddox, as well as Eddie and I had a wonderful time together opening gifts and eating (again!). It is such a wonderful thing to have our family so close to us so we can share in all the times of our lives that mean so much. I hope that we will all be together for many years to come and look forward to have all the new little ones next year. That will be sooooo much fun!