Skip to main content

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.

Grandma surpised Abigail with a rocking cow.  Very Grandma appropriate  ;)
Family picture.  Not bad for a self timer
Abigail's snowman booties

Toys from Grandma and Grandpa


After opening presents, it was off to Stef and Matt's; which brings us to our next celebration...

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.

Teething was in full effect

Abigail and Uncle Richard-- buddies
Festive trouble makers
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!
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


Our leaning tree...
Abigail hung out on the ottoman like this while Kevin and I unwrapped presents from each other
Kevin with his new Patagonia jacket!
Nothing says I love you like a Tiffany's necklace with an A for Abigail on it  :)
She was fascinated with the yule log on TV  
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!


Abigail and her new star rattle!

Lucy got a Razor scooter!

Oscar and Abigail.
Oscar is the baby lover of the family and loves to cuddle with Abigail and Charlie.
Charlie and Abigail's first Christmas!!

Trying to get 4 kids to smile at the same time...

The girls

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...


Not the most lady like sleeper  ;)
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!!!






Labels

Labels:

Comments

Carolyn Lauckner said…
I so wish we could have been there Christmas day! I love the pictures of the babies sleeping during dinner in their cute Christmas clothes.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

20 week ultrasound

Yesterday Kevin and I went to our 20 week ultrasound.  Everything looked great and the two questions still lingering in my mind were confirmed. 1) Yes, it's a boy! 2) Nope, I'm not having twins  :) I've heard it a million times: with each pregnancy you pop a little sooner, but when I was in maternity pants at 12 weeks, I thought surely there must be two in there... Here are some pictures, if you'd like to see. During George's 20 week ultrasound Kevin admitted he'd almost fallen asleep, so I will admit: I had a hard time staying awake this time  :) But we did get to see him in 4D ultrasound which we've never done before, so that was really cool. So fun! After our appointment we went to breakfast at Salish Lodge and took my first Month of Bumps picture. (cue shrills of excitement from everyone eager to see belly pics for the next 4 months!) Before taking the picture I (lovingly) assured Kevin that yes, we would be taking...
Post a Comment
Read more

Two!

Yesterday you turned two; I can hardly believe it! Two year pictures, wearing a dress I wore when I was little You are such a funny, sweet little girl, and I love seeing your personality unfold more each day.  This last month you've really started coming out of your shell and love making people laugh; whether tickling "gee gee gee gee" , or joking around (the other day you took a doll house high chair and pretended to sit in it...all the while looking back at me smiling and laughing like "look, I'm going to try and sit in this teeny highchair!" ), you sure know how to make us laugh. Music is your first love.  Beach Boys Greatest Hits is the current album favorite , so we listen to it in the car every day.  Mainly to Barbara Ann (you always request "ba ba ba" ).  You also love listening to Swiss music with Grandma and having Dad play "Abigail Loves Cheese" on his guitar when he gets home at night. Schwingfest is this Saturday a...
1 comment
Read more

five months

Happy #5, Benny Boy! You have grown up so much this past month, and in the sweetest ways possible.  You adore a good tickle or friendly face and can't seem to soak in the world around you enough; every time I look at you, your eyes are quickly scanning the room, working hard to put all the pieces together. A smart little guy, you are  :) This month I moved you to the nursery.  It was becoming increasingly difficult to put Abigail and George to bed at night, but putting them together in a room has made bedtime simple - they love being together.  As such, you now have your own room!  It's so sweet being back in a nursery with a little one.  Since George was in our bedroom until he was 5 months, then living at Gma and Gpa's for another 6 months, he wasn't in his own room until his first birthday.  So, in many ways, having you in a nursery reminds me so much of my first time around the Motherhood block, and many nights it fills me with such joy just...
Post a Comment
Read more