Well, Christmas came & went so fast this year! We have felt so busy these past two weeks trying to get the house decorated, presents bought & wrapped, etc. that it is hard to find time to just stop and enjoy it all. We've had a fun filled week of spending time with our families; opening lots of gifts and eating way TOO much food! Natalie had a wonderful time and was very good considering that we had her out & about much more than we usually do & she was off of her normal daily routine with nap times and such.
We started off the holiday festivities by going to my Aunt's house to celebrate with my Mom's side of the family. We had a fun time and got some good laughs at the gifts people brought for our "gag gift" dirty Santa game. (I was lucky enough to get a "burnt" pecan pie from Amy that turned out to still taste really good!)
Mommy and Natalie about to open presents
Natalie and her Mimi (Mimi made Natalie's dress)
Brady and Ava (notice the gag dirty santa gift that Brady stole from Van after Ryan M. stole his grinch tie)
Amy with her gag dirty santa gift- a devil veil
A quick pic by our tree at home (you can see Natalie's dress better)
Christmas Eve we went to my Mom's house and had lots of YUMMY appetizers! We had a HUGE smorgasboard of finger foods that we snacked on all evening. Then we had a present opening frenzy and there were toys everywhere b/w all the thing that Mimi bought for Braden, Natalie, and Ava! Natalie gots lots of cute clothes, TONS of books, and some cute baby dolls.
Natalie with her Uncle Brady
Aunt Carla and baby Ava on Christmas Eve
Ryan capturing Natalie on video (with my NEW high-def camera that he got me for our anniversary)
She LOVES to eat paper; even wrapping paper!
Christmas morning was so different for us with a baby; you realize how much more full you life really is when you have a beautiful daughter to share new experiences with.....of course, I took TONS of pics.... here are some of the good ones (it was hard to get her to look at the camera!)
Checking out the loot that Santa brought her
Wow, look at all those toys!
Playing with her new toys
Taking a ride in her new wagon
Christmas afternoon we headed over to Ryan's parents house and Natalie had a fun time there too. Her Grandma got her some Puffs as one of her stocking gifts so she just sat on the floor eating them and watching us open gifts. Natalie got a pretty silver bell ornament that was personalized and more clothes and books.
Eating puffs & somehow lost one sock (typical)
Opening her gifts with Mommy
Natalie with her Daddy and Grandma
Sorry this post is so long, I should've broken it up but oh well....
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I love all of her Christmas outfits! She is so pretty!
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