Christmas Eve 2011

Merry Christmas and Happy 11 months old to Lacy! One more month and we will have no more infants :( She got to wear the dress that Lily wore during her first Christmas!

Dressed and ready to go to Nana and Papa's for Christmas Eve
But before we go, we have to scatter some reindeer food on the lawn for Santa's reindeer.

Grandpa playing with lil Lacy.

Ann helping Dillon eat his gummy bears.

Eating dinner. Of course, Mom did a wonderful job preparing lots of yummy food for us.

Opening gifts from Nana & Papa and Uncle Jamie & Ann.

Lacy ate all the paper she could get her hands on!

Doggie Doo game

Lily got soooooo many My Little Pony things! She's one lucky girl!

Lacy got a new car to ride!

Mimi and baby girl!

The kids helping Nana open her gifts

Mimi opening her calendar of the kids!

Nana looking at hers too!

Dad opening his remote control helicopter :)

Mom opening her new shower head

Snuggling with my new soft robe!

Tracking Santa on the computer!

Playing with the Zhu Zhu Pets City

A few videos of our night.

Making Christmas Cookies

We made Christmas cookies today! We had two little elves to help us!

Baby sleeping in baby jail with her butt up in the air.

Baby playing while we made cookies. She can help next year.

Making the cookie dough.

Making cut-outs :)

Being silly!

Eating a cookie

And here are a few photos from earlier this week. My early Christmas gift was a new Nikon 3100 camera which I absolutely love!!!

Samba Claus!!

Lily's Christmas Party at Dance Class

Last Thursday, Lily had her Christmas parties at preschool and dance class. I don't have any photos from preschool but I do have these from her dance class. I also have a very nice story about Lily to share.

For Lily's school, parents donated small toys, pencils, treats for their goodie bags. At one point, Lily was passed a basket that had little girl toys and little boy matchbox cars. She saw the cars and thought that Dillon would really like one. So, instead of getting a prize for herself, she asked if she could take a car home for her brother. The teacher told my mom this story when she picked her up from school. When my mom told me, my heart was truly warmed. Something special happens inside you when you hear an act of kindness like that from your child. I want to continue to teach her, Dillon and Lacy to be good, kind people. I can't wait to see them grow up and turn into such wonderful people...well, yes I can! It's going by too fast as it is!

Enjoying some cookies and punch

Gift exchange

Lily got a really nice Littlest Pet Shop set with 8 pets. She doesn't have any of these so she was really happy with her gift :o)

We are getting so excited for Christmas! It seems to get better every year. We are so thankful to be in our new home and to have Lacy with us this year! Gotta go now, Lily is begging me to play My Little Ponies with her :)