Merry Christmas!
Aaah... baby's first Christmas. Life doesn't get much sweeter.
With Abigail in tow, and Kevin and I full of holiday cheer, we celebrated with both families this year!
It all started on Christmas Adam. You know... the day before Christmas Eve. Since Adam came before Eve ;)
Christmas Adam
My Mom wanted everyone together for a Christmas morning celebration, so we decided to start a new tradition: Christmas dinner on "Christmas Adam" followed by "Christmas Morning" on Christmas Eve ...are you following? ;)
The celebrations began around 4pm on Christmas Adam when we arrived at Gma and Gpa's for our overnight stay.
Abigail was greeted by Gma with her first present! A long sleeve onsie which read: Dear Santa, I can explain... and little snowman booties.
We enjoyed a delicious meal that evening, then opened presents Christmas Eve morning. Of course, Abigail was the last person to wake up.
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| Grandma surpised Abigail with a rocking cow. Very Grandma appropriate ;) |
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| Family picture. Not bad for a self timer |
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| Abigail's snowman booties |
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| Toys from Grandma and Grandpa |
Christmas Eve
Every year we spend Christmas Eve with my Mom's side of the family. We keep up the tradition by trading off hosting every three years (my Mom, Aunt Lucy, and Aunt Gloria). This year we celebrated at my cousin Stefanie and her husband Matt's house.
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| Teething was in full effect |
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| Abigail and Uncle Richard-- buddies |
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| Festive trouble makers |
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| Abigail hung out on the couch while we ate dinner. She chatted away for the first 10 minutes, then took a nap for the rest of dinner-- great timing! |
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| Abigail finally found her toes on Christmas Eve (I know, a little late!) they are her new favorite toy. |
Stef and Matt did an amazing job with our traditional beef tenderloin dinner, and even made mini chocolate cake in Mason jars for dessert. Thanks again guys...you did a wonderful job!
Christmas Morning
As planned, we headed home Christmas Eve night and celebrated our first Christmas morning together as a family. It was so much fun curling up on the couch in our sweats, big cup of coffee in hand, and opening presents as a family.
Abigail's favorite part: the wrapping paper
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| Our leaning tree... |
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| Abigail hung out on the ottoman like this while Kevin and I unwrapped presents from each other |
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| Kevin with his new Patagonia jacket! |
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| Nothing says I love you like a Tiffany's necklace with an A for Abigail on it :) |
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| She was fascinated with the yule log on TV |
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| Abigail's new tummy time mirror. She thinks it's hilarious seeing herself |
After Abigail took a nap, we headed over to Kevin's sister's house to celebrate with Mamie, Papa, Uncle Michael, and the Eisendrath's!
We started downstairs at Mamie and Papa's where we opened gifts with Lucy, Oscar, and Charlie.
Nothing says Christmas quite like kids eagerly opening gifts... so much fun!
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| Abigail and her new star rattle! |
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| Lucy got a Razor scooter! |
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| Oscar and Abigail. Oscar is the baby lover of the family and loves to cuddle with Abigail and Charlie. |
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| Charlie and Abigail's first Christmas!! |
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| Trying to get 4 kids to smile at the same time... |
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| The girls |
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| Abigail's Oscar-just-kissed-me face |
After opening presents we headed to Anne and Ian's for dinner with Wendy and Briscoe followed by a post-dinner jam session compliments of Papa, Kevin, and Oscar.
The babies slept while we ate...
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| Not the most lady like sleeper ;) |
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| Oscar jamin' out with Kevin and Papa |
We got Lucy the above guitar for Christmas last year, but it's quickly become Oscar's favorite. It's so cute watching him play.
Okay, loooooong post, so I'll wrap it up with Joy To The World -- compliments of Kevin, Papa, and Oscar!
From our home to yours, Merry Christmas!!!
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