Our Christmas

Daddy and daughters working together to wrap gifts......

for mommy! :)

 Big sister Jamie and Kyle came for a visit.

Reese was so excited!

And we were too....love spending time with Jamie and Kyle.

 Opening up the last Christmas book for this year.

This new activity was a hit! 

 Eating Jesus's birthday cake...in jammies....at night... on the floor....

 Without combing our hair!

It was a loooong day with sick kids....

but we still followed through with our activities.....

whether we should have or not!

 Christmas morning and the first gift that Maleah goes for......

is Sebbs dog bones. 

She does love dogs!

So big sister helped Maleah open her gift which was

a stuffed dog that Reese had "bought" for her. 

 A sweet sister moment!

 Helping Daddy open his gift we made him....

A sign for his office that says "Best Dad hands down"

with the girls hand prints on it.

It is already lovingly displayed at his office....

you should stop by and see it....and buy a house too! ;)

 Reese got matching jammies for her and baby.

And her most favorite gift was bitty baby! (Thanks G&G and Kami!)

Whose name is Charlotte on most days, 

but also sometimes called Ocean Diamond (you know, what she wanted to name Maleah)

Reese also enjoys her baby pillow pet....so Charlotte/OD can have one too.

And so she can take one with us when we travel.

For our gift giving we did: something you want, need, 

something to wear and something to read.

I liked that, and it limited me to 4 gifts.

But next year we are going to do mind, body and spirit.

I like the focus of this better, although it is more general in nature.

And I am also going to stick to a budget $$ for each person.

(I thought 4 gifts would do that for me..turns out not so....)

Not that each person has to get the same $ in presents, but so I limit my spending....

And get more creative with gift giving.

Hope you all enjoyed a Merry Christmas with your families!