Sorry for such a long blog, please enjoy all the pictures!
I can't believe how fast Christmas came and went! It was a crazy hustle and bustle of a season, but so exciting and fun. I just did my best to soak it all up. I kept telling myself to enjoy it because she would only have one first Christmas. She loved everything about it and became an expert at unwrapping presents! (Especially the ones that were not hers ;)) We have a very big family, so usually our Saturday's are filled with traveling and celebrating, but this year it was all in one weekend! It was a crazy weekend that left our sweet girl exhausted and just wanting Mommy. I have had her Christmas outfits picked out since before we knew she was a girl. I knew I wanted a different outfit for each event. She only has one first Christmas right?! I just love each and every one of her sweet outfits. Etsy is the best place. If you haven't, you need to check it out. That is where three of her four that I bought came from.
I can't believe how fast Christmas came and went! It was a crazy hustle and bustle of a season, but so exciting and fun. I just did my best to soak it all up. I kept telling myself to enjoy it because she would only have one first Christmas. She loved everything about it and became an expert at unwrapping presents! (Especially the ones that were not hers ;)) We have a very big family, so usually our Saturday's are filled with traveling and celebrating, but this year it was all in one weekend! It was a crazy weekend that left our sweet girl exhausted and just wanting Mommy. I have had her Christmas outfits picked out since before we knew she was a girl. I knew I wanted a different outfit for each event. She only has one first Christmas right?! I just love each and every one of her sweet outfits. Etsy is the best place. If you haven't, you need to check it out. That is where three of her four that I bought came from.
I just love this outfit! She wore this to my Nanny & Paw Paw's
She wore this to my Granny D and Papa's
Every year on Christmas Eve we get together in the morning with Nick's family. Since Tony & Cathy (Nick's brother and sister-in-law) moved down to Locust Grove, they had it at their house. We got there around 11 and opened presents first thing. Allie was sitting on the floor in front of me and before I knew it she was completely surrounded by presents! She got so many wonderful toys and the cutest chair from Tony & Cathy.
loves to tear open presents!
do people think I like zebra print or something?? ;)
Allie and all her presents!
Every year, since I was born we have spent Christmas Eve evening with my Uncle Jerry (my dad's brother), Aunt Sherri, Lindsay, Austin and my Mimi (my dad's mom). It is always SO much fun and we laugh a lot. I love my family and enjoy this family tradition. We always do something different each year. For a few years we had Brown Family fun night where we had competitions and played games and had a trophy. This year we did a white elephant game with good gifts. It was a lot of fun. I left with a Target gift card and a bag of gummy bears! It was so neat to see Allie interact with everyone and she did so good, even though she was up way past her bedtime and had only had one good nap in the car on the way there. She was even given a few presents to open from my Mimi. She got Lion King on blu-ray, a really cute purple sock monkey & the Fisher Price laugh and learn puppy.
Aunt Amanda
Uncle Jerry, Lee, Austin & my Daddy
We bathed her while we were there and put her in her jammies, so when we got home I fed her and we put her to bed. It was so much fun to get to play Santa for the first time! I loved setting all of her things out and arranging them. We didn't end up getting in bed until 3!
Santa came!
We were so very thankful when she slept for 8 hours straight! :) She woke up so happy on Christmas morning. I teared up as she crawled to her ball pit.
Nick's presents from me!
Our living room all ready for Christmas morning!
I just loved watching her see and play with all her new toys. She held two of the balls while we opened our presents. We had to take a break so she could eat cereal and take a nap. We ate sausage balls, just like we do every year and opened all of our gifts. My parents came over at 2 to hang out and then my sister and her hubby came over around 4:30 for supper. We ate homemade lasagna that my momma made. It was delicious. As if there weren't enough cookies and sweets, we got a cookie cake for dessert! Allie had so much fun, but was completely exhausted from all the festivities so we bathed her and put her to bed. She didn't even put up a fight. She slept so good!
Nick opening his Christmas/Birthday present from my parents:
Tickets to see George Strait & Martina McBride!!
Allie had such a great Christmas and we had so much fun celebrating her first. She is just the sweetest thing and has done so well with all our traveling and craziness this Christmas season. I am truly the luckiest girl in the whole world. I have a beautiful daughter, the sweetest Hubby and the most amazing parents. We are healthy, have a roof over our heads, food on the table and so much love in our little family. I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas!
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