Christmas

Christmas was a great time.  My parents got into town around noon on Christmas Eve.  There were screams from the boys as they ran to hug Nana and Papa.  Jeff got home around 2 that day and we were all cozy together.  Chase and Owen were so excited to open gifts and Nana and Papa allowed them to open a gift, which was a science experiment. kit.  They were so excited and couldn't wait to experiment.  While I cooked the kids and grands did some fun experiments and had a blast.

Nana, ever the teacher, did a great job educating the boys on what a scientist is/does.

Hattie got some cuddles from Nana in her little Christmas sleeper.

Hattie, Papa and Nana

Pat and family came over for dinner and we had a traditional Anderson meal, chili.  The kids had a blast playing together.

At the kids table

 Our family photo, too bad mom was blinking (as usual)

 This one cracks me up! Dad's giving advice, Chase is hiding, Owen looks stressed . . .

 Our first Christmas as a family of 5.  Love it!

 My 3 sweethearts.

 look at that cute little baby

 Funny toothy drooly shot

 Sophie in her new robe

 Hattie with her favorite thing ever-paper

 Owen's new Power Ranger toy

 Chase's Power Ranger toy

 The big cousins

 Cousins minus Grey

 Not sure why the boys are not wearing shirts . . . they got to open another gift from Jeff and I and it was their favorite Sky Landers.  They screamed.  They also got new jammies.

 Stockings plum full from Santa

 Christmas morning dawned bright and early.  Chase and Owen were up at 3:30 waiting to open presents. They were sleeping in Owen's room because my parents were in their room.  I heard running downstairs and went to see what was going on.  The light was on in their room and they were playing on their bed.  They had been downstairs and said Santa had been there.  I made them sleep of course, but knew we'd be up sooner than later.  When they came in Jeff and I were ready to go and they were excited!  They tore into their stockings and proceeded to find any gift with their name on it and started to open.  We had to stop them and remind them of how we open gifts. :) It was precious.  This was the last time we were all feeling somewhat well-actually this is when we all started to get sick. Jeff had had a cold but was getting worse, Owen felt like he was going to throw up and Chase got a fever and just wanted to nap. 

 Owen discovering what is in his stocking

 Chase is ready to look too

 Hattie, wearing the boys jammies, gets her own presents and is exciting about the bows.

 Owen and Chase got gum ball machines.

 What a look!

 Hattie amongst the gifts

 Chaos! Sweet Christmas morning Chaos!

 Chase helping Papa open his gift

a big 3 pack of sky landers from Nana and papa

 Hattie's first baby doll from Nana and Papa.  She's so sweet!

 Hattie's new outfit, piggy bank and teether

 Owen wasn't feeling well and was given this bowl-just in case

 We got to add a little red elf mug to the two green elf mugs-so cute!

 Christmas morning fun

 Nana teaching Owen to pull a coin out from behind an ear.

 Chase learning a magic trick too

 Playing in the new fort

Thanks for coming Nana and Papa! We will miss you!!!

Hattie's First Christmas Church Service

We went to early Christmas Eve service on Sunday night.  It was really lovely and nice to be attend when we didn't have to rush there and rush home to get ready for Christmas.  Hattie wore her first Christmas dress and it was fun to dress her up.  The boys looked very handsome in their bow ties.  Owen stayed in church the entire time, Chase left after the music and I left shortly after that with Hattie. She was so overtired that she was just crazy!  She kept throwing her body backwards almost causing me to drop her.