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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas 2009!!

Let me start this off by saying Merry Christmas everyone! We are having a really wonderful Christmas this year (it's noon as I type this). The kids are at such fun ages that Christmas is truly magical. It is so fun to experience Christmas through a child's eyes. Lainey loved it and as you will soon see, Ethan is too!!

Every year on X-mas eve we open one present which is our pj's. Andy and I find each other funny ones each year..He definitely won this year on picking mine! Ethan got some AWESOME G.I. Joe ones from Grammy Barb and Andy got some of his favorite beverage of choice :).

Here are the boys being tough guys:



The pattern on mine really isn't that bad, but the shirt is straight out of some Grandma/pregnant woman's closet! Notice the lovely yarn balls?!!


This is what Santa left for the kids:
Ethan got a Nintendo D.S. and hasn't put it down all morning. As I type this Ethan is sitting down next to his dad playing his game while Andy plays his on the X-box. I will have to see if I can peel them away at some point today to get them showered!


Some fun fruits and veggies for Lainey to cut up:


Thank you everyone for all the great gifts! Grammy Barb's gift for Lainey is still in route, as well as Grandpa Bryan and Grandma Trish's package. We will post those photos in a few days once we receive them.

Ethan got so much stuff this year that I had to break it down into 2 photos! He is one very happy boy!!



Grandpa J and Grandma Reading got this DARLING Lady bug tent for our DARLING Lainey Bug!


Can you feel the love?!!

Lainey got to open her pj's early since she goes down before us so we didn't manage to get a picture until this morning. Aren't those so funny?!

Ethan made us some WONDERFUL gifts this year. I am so excited to have ANOTHER pinch pot!

Here are my gifts, minus a pair of flip flops..Lainey apparently thinks they are hers and wouldn't give them back to me. Thank you all so much for my gifts, I love them all!

Here is Andy's loot: Thanks to all our parents and grandparents for all the moula, we are going to get to do some fun family things with it!

Here is Ethan chillin on his skateboard playing the D.S.



Lainey is all about the pez. I think she must have eaten about 6 packages this morning. I looked over one time and saw that she didn't even bother taking them out of the paper and was just eating them like that. I guess a little fiber can't hurt!


Mio is so happy. Santa brought her a bone last night and she got that huge one this morning. Thanks for the doggy treats Grandpa J and Grandma Reading, she loves them.
How freaking cute is this?!! Grammy Barb sent this for her. Thanks so much!




Mio is tired from all the excitement!

We love and miss you all. We hope that you have a very Merry Christmas! Much love,
Annie
Andy
Ethan
and Lainey

6 comments:

mom said...

oh sweetie! what a wonderful christmas you had! wish sooo bad i could have been there! love the photos of all the gifts, and the kids and dogs....AND the p.j. shots of all of you. sooo cool. i will try to take a few pics of us in nashville, and post them soon. love and miss all of you....mom

Anonymous said...

What fun pictures! You're right that the age of your kids makes Christmas rather magical. It's great to see what you guys got for Christmas. It was so nice to talk with you last night, and we're so glad that everyone is happy with their gifts. Hopefully the lady bug tent will keep Lainey on the ground for a while. And you tell her that those flip flops are YOURS! Merry Christmas to all - we love and miss you.

Kate said...

Love the fake fruit and veggies for Lainey. Ethan looks really cute on his skateboard too! ;)

We got our Christmas present early this year with our little Benjamin and are happy to be home now after spending time with grandparents.

breck said...

holy crap, ethan TOTALLY scored! he must have been one goooooood boy :) the tent is darling-and i am WAY excited to link mine and ethan's DSs so we can play each other...yesssss! andy, gross pjs for annie-good job. love you guys, i am glad santa was good to ALL of you! xoxo

Nikki said...

It is so weird to me how much alike Brooklyn and Lainey are!!!!! Brooklyn got the same piggie jammies for Christmas, and got play food as well!!! It cracks me up!!!! BTW... I found a picture of me and you from years ago. It is so cute!!! I will have to scan it and put it on my blog for you to see. Looks like you all had a great Christmas!!!

Tavan said...

How fun! Love your maternity pj's...totally awesome!! lol. I love Andy's too!! You're right, your kids are at that fun age. Love all the gifts you got and I'm sure the boys will not get off their keisters for like another months or so with that Nintendo... :)