December 25, 2011

Christmas Morning in Photos

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We were so glad to be with my whole family for the Christmas weekend :) It was a blessed day for all of us!

December 24, 2011

Cookies for Santa 2011

These two together, well sometimes their plans don't exactly line up...
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Emma wanted to set out the cookies, and well, Carson wanted to eat them. So here's Miss Emma shielding the cookies, and here's Mr. Carson trying to make the swipe.
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They love each other so much and normally play pretty well together...
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We put Carson to bed. He had had all he could take. But Miss Emma spent the evening tracking Santa...
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And putting out her famous reindeer food.
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Out of all of the Christmas hooplah, the reindeer are by far Emma's favorite, so she makes sure and takes really good care of them on Christmas Eve.
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She left plenty for Santa too. And, she even colored a picture for each of our elves...both Happy Winter Jingles Douglas and Elfie. My favorite thing was her note to Santa..."Santa, I am so glad you came to see me." so magical.
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We tucked the kids in tight and went to bed quickly. We were so excited for what the morning would bring.

On Christmas Eve...


We started the morning off with our annual Christmas Eve gift to the littles...
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They always get matching pj's to wear on Christmas Eve night and a new book to read.
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Half the fun was finally getting to open one of those boxes underneath the tree! Carson did his fair share of attempting to peek before the big day.
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I chose this book for Miss Emma. It's a sweet one all about the Christmas baby and I love the animal illustrations...
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Since we knew they would probably be getting too much the next day, I went ahead and let them each open their sleeping bag.
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They both spent the morning watching Christmas specials with Uncle Dill and Aunt Lindy. Uncle Dill brought Christmas on Sesame Street to share....circa 1985. hilarious to say the least.
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They snuggled up all morning...Emma in her mermaid sleeping bag and Carson in his cars, trucks, and planes sleeping bag. Oh my goodness did I love his fabric!
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Later on, we made more cookies, but this time, they were specifically for the big guy himself. Emma was supposed to be in her Rudolph shirt too, but somehow we ended up in Tinkerbell on Christmas Eve...awesome.
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Emma used the leftover dough to make an "I heart S," for I Love Santa...
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And Mama C. and Papa surprised all of us December birthdays with petit fours that are always to die for.
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After a day full of listening to Christmas music, watching Christmas specials, baking, playing, and egg nog drinking, we all got ready for church.
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This was the best of the bunch. We had one teary eyed little one...
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And then we gave our family of four a shot...perfect.
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Maybe this one is a little better?
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Why are family photos always so hard?
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