Friday, December 26, 2008

Second Christmas of 2008

Santa Claus came to Nana & Papa's on Christmas Eve...
Lily was very neat about opening her presents. She tore off a piece at a time and handed it to one of us to be thrown away.
Lily got a pink and purple tricycle.
Nana lets Lily watch Barney! Apparently she loves him.
Nana showing Lily her new bowling set. It makes mooing sounds and she was a little scared of it.
Uncle Jamie bought Lily her own pink soccer ball. He's going to teach her how to play this spring.
Lily loves Little People. She got the barn with all the animals.
Nana got Lily her own cleaning set so she can pretend to clean the house when Nana is cleaning.
Lily helping Papa open his gifts.
Uncle Jamie opening one of his gifts...a flashlight.
Lily got a shopping cart and a drum set. I said the drum can stay at Nana and Papa's! Haha.
Nana's new shirt from us.
Christmas Morning! Santa had come and the Elf was gone. Surprisingly she hasn't looked for him as much as I had thought she would.
Lily couldn't wait to tear into her presents.
Santa even bought Sampson some bones.
Opening her Barbie 4-wheeler
Little People House. After she opened it, she lost interest in opening her other gifts.
Weeee! The battery had to charge for 18 hours so she hasn't actually gotten to try it out yet.
The best present of all...our Lily Anna!
Accessories for my Blackberry!
Devilish look
Babe got a flashlight too.
Sitting down to eat the delicious meal that Anson made us - Ham, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and rolls.
Lily's other present...too big to put under the tree. She loves this thing. She cried when it was time to go back inside. I think she'll really enjoy it this spring.


Hope all of you had a great Christmas! This morning we put away all the Christmas decorations. We have the next few days off and decided to take on some home improvement projects. Anson is currently painting the spare bedroom. Our thought was to paint the whole downstairs but that's a lot of work and I'm not sure we'll get it all done. We'll see how it goes...getting ready for our next exiting event...Baby Boy's birth!

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

We wish all of our friends and family a blessed holiday! Hope Santa is good to you!

Lily spotted the Elf in the tree this morning. He's waiting for Santa to come and take him home tonight. (I really think Lily is going to miss the Elf. The first thing she does each morning is look for him!)

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

First 2008 Christmas

This past weekend we celebrated Christmas with Anson's side of the family. It was a whirlwind of events and fun. Friday, Anson and I took a half day off to spend the afternoon with his Mom and Dad. Later that evening we went to the Hartville Kitchen with his parents, Jeremy, and Renee. On Saturday we went to Anson's second cousin's house (Matt) for a Christmas party with a lot of family that we don't see very often. It was nice. Then we went and saw Uncle Larry's new apartment. Finally we stopped by Brent and Megan's for another Christmas Party. On Sunday we spent the day at Jeremy's. Below are photos and videos from Sunday.




Renee playing with Lily
Lily helping Uncle Jeremy play Santa
Tearing into her first present
Me with my very adorable personalized tote bag. I really like it! Thanks Mom!
Lily as a present! She is the best present ever!
Grandma and Grandpa opening a picture of Lily
Grandma opening her collage frame of her grandkids
Uncle Jeremy
My handsome Babe
Grandma helping Lily open her Elmo Laptop
Hanging with Uncle Jeremy
Eating a delicious dinner prepared by Mom
Renee's parents joined us for dinner.
Gigi and Uncle Larry
Playing with Ire and Uncle Jeremy Anson teaching Uncle Jeremy how to change a diaper! We're preparing Uncle Jeremy so he can babysit for us one night soon!
Grandpa playing airplane with Lily
Opening a big present from Gigi
Hugging the very soft animal from Uncle Larry
Lily playing with her new baby stroller
Later on Sunday night back home...sitting on her play kitchen box from Grandma and Grandpa
She loves this kitchen. She plays with it a lot!
Video of Lily and Uncle Jeremy playing with the puppy

Video of Lily opening a present