Christmas 2010

Another wonderful Christmas....

Ours started on Christmas Eve.

We went to celebrate at Jon's parents' home.

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What is exciting about Christmas?

Spending time with family

The girls with both of their great grandmothers.

The joy of Christmas spirit...

The anticipation of opening gifts...(I love this pix of cousin Madison. This is me at her age! My sis and I would sort and pile our gifts around us!)
the fun of actually unwrapping them...and the thrill of what's inside the packages!

We had such a great Christmas Eve!

Once home,

the children were off to bed!

Jon, the pets and I all waited up to hear Santa's sleigh.

I didn't sleep one wink that night

(Not sure if it was the excitement of Christmas or the my flu symptoms! Ugh!)

I was up before everyone else...sitting in the living room alone with a lit tree!

Emily was first,

then Jon...

soon Laney...

and finally Henry!
The children were absolutely THRILLED!

And the grande finale?

Jon lead everyone downstairs...

our gift to the children...

Yes, they were a bit excited!

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My parents came over later in the afternoon...

wonderful goodies arrived with them!

Laney FINALLY got the Lanie doll!

And Emily got Julie A! I love this doll because we were born the same year...1974!

The children received such great gifts!
After unwrapping gifts with my parents, we got ready to host 21 family members...

Christmas dinner!

I made lasagna and everyone brought the best dishes!

I didn't get one.single.pix of our Christmas evening party!

(Probably because I was still feeling flu-like...By the end of the party, I was lying on the living room floor due to complete exhaustion! I was still having a ball though!)

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And today...

What have we done?
Well, let's just say it's been a pajama day

(I still feel like a truck ran over me, but I keep pressing on...probably what got me to this sick state in the first place!)

The children have played with every single toy...their own and each other's!

This afternoon, Jon and I took down the Christmas tree and all of the Christmas decor.

ALL OF IT!

Why such the rush?

Now that Christmas is over, we are getting ready for another party...

Henry turns 2 tomorrow!