Christmas has come and gone again! We had a wonderful Christmas this year, and even with all the running around we did, we really enjoyed all of our family. It was a really special Christmas with Addie, since she is really beginning to understand things and was so excited to open presents!
Our first Christmas was on Thursday night. Addie really liked opening her first presents! She got lots and lots of books for Christmas and this was one of the many Elmo books that she received!
Daddy and Addie! You will be able to tell who was taking all the pictures this year. There is very few pictures that momma was in!
On Christmas Eve we spent the day with my aunt from Hawaii, my cousin, Max, and my parents baking cookies! That evening we went to church and all my Sunday School kids sang their Christmas songs. The one thing that was hard for me is that I didn't get to sit with my family because I had to sit with my kids in front of the church, but Dan told me that Addie was perfect in church and really enjoyed the kids! After church we came home to open our Christmas Eve presents. Dan and I started a tradition last year that we all buy each other new pajamas to go to bed in on Christmas Eve. Daddy got mommy some pink one, mommy got daddy some Packers pajamas and we got Addison a pair of Christmas ones! We have really liked it the past two years will keep the tradition going!
Christmas morning Addie and I waited for Daddy to get in from milking before opening the presents that Santa brought and opening presents from each other. Addie was really good with leaving the presents alone, but I am thinking next year this will not be the case!
Addie got lots of toys from Santa.
He left some cool stuff in her stocking too! Including yogurt melts, which we had to open right away!
Addie got a slide from mommy and daddy! Actually the only toy she got from us! Dan and I decided that we would go a little more practical with presents from us since she was getting every other toy under the sun from our parents, siblings, aunts and uncles, and Santa! She got lots of clothes, books, and her new potty!!
For lunch we headed to Grandpa and Grandma Garbes' house. We had a great Christmas dinner with Dan's family and Addie was VERY spoiled with presents!
She got a Cabbage Patch Doll from Grandma and Grandpa. You did not know if it was a girl or boy in the box. You had to open it and take off the leaf it was wrapped in to find out! It was a GIRL, and Addie instantly turned on her mommy mode! And you can see her new slippers from Santa that she actually keeps on her feet!
She even had to feed the baby while she was driving her half-put-together car! This is one of her favorite toys of all! She is in and out of this car all day long! I am truly struggling to find places for all of Addison's new toys. They have literally taken over our house!
In the afternoon we headed to Grandpa and Grandma Hillegas' house for our big Christmas with the whole family. Addie AGAIN was spoiled with LOTS AND LOTS of presents. She loved all of them!
Waiting patiently for Aunt Vicky to open her puppy Max, who follows her around the house by putting a little bone on her wrist.
This picture cracks me up every time I look at it! Just lounging on her new Elmo couch. This is another one of her favorite gifts. She sits in it all the time. She can even lay in it! It folds our into a bed and had a sleeping bag attached.
Another new baby and new table and chairs.
Uncle Max working really hard at opening his presents!
After opening all the presents, we played Minute to Win It games with the whole family! It was a BLAST! I could post SO many great pictures that I took, but I think some of my family would be after me! So here are some pictures of our family members that will not care!
Addie being a goof with Max! She was running around so much and my parents have in-floor heat (which makes it very warm in the room) that we had to take Addie's pants off the keep her cool! She was sweating like a little piggy!
Aunt Brenda gave Addie a cookie and didn't think she would shove the entire thing in her mouth...well, she was sadly mistaken! Addie doesn't get sweets too often and when she does, she makes sure they do not go to waste! We ended up digging cookie out of her mouth because it was so full that she could not chew!
On Sunday we finished our last Christmas with the entire Garbes family. I forgot my camera and was SO disappointed! I told Dan that my anxiety level increases when I don't have that attached to my hand. I might just miss something that I will never be able to capture again! Addie had a lot of fun playing with Dan's cousin's little boys. They ran all around the church! I did get a picture (sort of) of her last Christmas outfit. And wouldn't you know, it is with her babies! She has been making me help her take care of these babies all weekend! One night she led me to the fridge with her baby's sippy cup and wanted me to put milk in it! I had to pretend, and away she went to feed her baby. She rocks the babies,takes their clothes off and has mommy put them on, pretends to burp them, and feeds the constantly! She is going to be such a good little helper when we have our next one!
Hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Tomorrow Addie turns 15 months old! We are going to go sledding before the weather turns nasty! Addie got all her snow gear for Christmas, so this will be her first time out in the snow! Should be a blast! Uncle Max will be joining us too!
Hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Tomorrow Addie turns 15 months old! We are going to go sledding before the weather turns nasty! Addie got all her snow gear for Christmas, so this will be her first time out in the snow! Should be a blast! Uncle Max will be joining us too!
