Christmas 2012

(A Christmas sneak peak)

We always start Christmas off on the 24th with your Grandma and Grandpa. You must have been cousin deprived because you had no interest in eating this year, just playing. Following a ham dinner is a Christmas themed message. This year as Grandpa read excerpts from Luke, while all the cousins got to open little presents. Each present was a part of the nativity. Next we attempted to do a little musical number with pipes. I say "attempted" because I think everyone in attendance would agree we failed. Next we opened jammies. This is  momma's favorite part, I love new warm jammies on my soft sweet babies. Lastly, we open ornaments. You got a Mater ornament and love it so much you insisted on playing with it for the remainder of the night, you hated the though of it hanging on a tree hen it could be played with.

Once we finish our festivities upstairs all the cousins line up and headed down stairs to see their stocking and open presents. Its a wild experience, and it becomes more wild the bigger this family gets, but you are in heaven. Your favorite present  by far was your playmobil Mommy Mammoth and Baby Mammoth, your grandma and grandpa just know you so well!

As expected, you fell asleep on the drive home. I think Asher may have been more excited for Santa than you because he woke up at 8:30am, and you on the other hand had to be woken up at 11am because momma just couldn't take it anymore. We spent Christmas morning with Nana and Papa. Santa brought you the Noah's Ark and lots of animals. After Noah's ark it was hard to focus and open your life size Buzz, Woody and Bullseye. 

We had a yummy omlet bar for brunch and hung out drinking WAY too much juice until it was time to drive North to Great Gma's house. You were welcomed by all the Neves' cousins who made sure to take care of you and share all of their toys. Nana made the most delicious turkey and you couldn't get enough to eat. We stayed up til midnight chatting and catching up before we decided to head home. 

It was a successful Christmas with lots of food, fun and family.