Saturday, December 26, 2009

Our Christmas 2009

How was our Christmas?  Well, can you see the big smile on my face?  It was fantastic!  It was the first white Christmas we have ever had.  We had about 3 inches and it was so pretty to wake up to on Christmas day in our own house. We stayed put this year and we were apart from our families for the first time ever.

We were definitely sad about it but we had a great day anyway.  It was nice just being laid back and having breakfast and opening presents and not having to make sure we were dressed and out the door for any specific occasion, like going to a different set of parent's house (no offense to our parents!)


Our mantle with all the beautiful Christmas cards we received from family and friends.



Making sugar cookies on Christmas eve!  We made "stahs" of course, and we also made hearts because JM can point out hearts now!  I also made a few Christmas trees.  These never got iced because Matthew has been taking up around 3-4 hours of our evening trying to get him good and settled for bed.  More about that later.



JM got a basketball goal and he loves it! 



Jackson had to check out the snow when he woke up



We had a breakfast of grits casserole, pigs n a blanket, and monkey bread!



Dada helped JM open his presents



JM loves his nautical Mickey Mouse that Uncle Ray got him.  He's huge and he matches JM's nautical room!



Jordan finally got a new pair of New Balance!



We thought this was funny, both babies crying at once!



Santa even brought Jackson a present even though he's naughty sometimes.  Can you see JM's hand in the picture?  Well, he grabbed the bone and put it in his mouth.  That's why he's crying in the picture above!



Looking out the front at the snow!



JM and Jackson just had to check out the snow.  You can even see JM's breath in this picture.  It was coooold!




I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.  We are just glad that we have our health and that we have family to celebrate with.  We are so thankful for our families and all they do for us and everything they've done in the last month since Matthew was born!  Too bad the holidays are over, I love having my tree on during the day!

 

3 comments:

Jane (Grams, GaGa) said...

How cute the boys are in their little striped Christmas outfits!!! And of course Jack is looking handsome too. Seeing JM's breath as he looks out the front door makes me cold just seeing it! haha What a wonderful White Christmas! Though it seemed strange not having y'all here on Christmas morning, I'm glad that you got to enjoy it as a family in your own home. We certainly enjoyed our week before Christmas there. I know that JM loves throwing that basketball through the hoop (and probably Dada too!) Love y'all

laurie said...

You took some wonderful pictures. That looks like a fun and enjoyable day.

kimberly t. bowling said...

JM looks like he is seriously getting a giggle out of nautical Mickey....sweet smiles. I'm jealous of your white Christmas...that had to be fun, and what great memories!!!