Saturday, December 28, 2013

Christmas Eve 2013

My parents came to celebrate Christmas Eve with us, and we were lucky to have my brother and his girlfriend Jessica there, too.  Isn't that what Christmas is all about, celebrating with the ones we love?  Vivian is 10 months old and it was her very first Christmas, which makes it all the more special.  Add in a super excited 3 year old, and it was a very magical Christmas indeed.


Mimi and Vivian


Ava and her Papa
Family pictures - the grandparents with their grandbabies.




New Christmas jammies were a hit.

Sisterly love....love these girls and their sweet giggles!



We made Jesus His birthday cake.  Ava LOVED this part, the mixing, the decorating, the tasting...






Ava and Vivian made sure to get their snuggles in as soon as Uncle B and Aunt Jessica got there....and Vivian fell right asleep with Jess. (And she never does that!)



When she finally woke up, the girls were ready to open presents.  Ava was, of course, a pro; but Vivian did great and went for it too!
















Playing peek-a-boo with Papa








We had a very beautiful and blessed Christmas Eve with the Pasek family....

Christmas Day 2013

Our family enjoyed Christmas day just as much as we enjoyed Christmas Eve.  The girls woke and opened their presents, and enjoyed pulling gifts out of their stockings.  Vivian really got into opening her gifts and enjoyed watching sister open hers, too.  Of course Ava had a blast opening them as well, and opened ours for us, too. It was so nice to spend the morning in our own home!







We made Jesus's birthday cake - such a fun tradition, and Ava was so proud!

We then headed to Nana Pat and Papa George's house for the Dalton family celebration.  It is amazing to look back on all of our previous Christmas Days together - when I first went with Josh, Elizabeth was Ava's age!  Time goes so quickly!
Ava and Papa George

Elizabeth (babies love her!) and Vivian

Not my mama!



Uncle Mark is definitely not my mama!  LOL


And here is the Dalton family Christmas present chaos!


How many nose picking photos can we find of Ava? I had to limit the number I shared - hope this phase passes quickly.



Ava loves her new train!