This year we spent Christmas Eve with Jonathan's parents. We watched some Christmas movies, had some amazing finger foods. I swear I gained a good 10 lbs that day! Nana had story time with the kiddos and just some good quality time together was had.
Ugh! Damn mountain zits!
Me and my baby! ♥
Amaya playing on Nana's iPod.
LOVE my coffee cup Momma Joy!
Joseph jumped into the picture last second. Lol
And then he threw up the deuces.
Presents!
Story time with Nana!
Daddy and Miss Amaya lovin'!
We ended up getting much more video than pictures this year. I'm working on putting that all together now. So expect a video in the next few days.
After all the excitement at Nana and Papa's we headed home to bed so Santa could come.
Jonathan and I were so exhausted and the kiddos did not want to sleep. They finally conked out and we were able to follow shortly after!
Played around with my camera and got such a good shot. Lol So proud of myself!
Jonathan took this one with his phone. Isn't it pretty?
Christmas morning we had to wake the kids up. Even telling them it was Christmas morning they didn't want to get out of bed. What kid has to be waken and doesn't want to get out of bed to see all their goodies?!
Jonathan wouldn't let anyone into the living room until after I had seen my new gift. Of course, like previous years we had agreed not to get anything for one another. And like every year, he disobeys and I stick to our agreement. Well this year I knew he was up to something when he kept telling me not to look in our bank account or open any mail. So I had to get him something too.
Anyway. He had to video tape it all. It's quite embarrassing to watch really. But I'll make sure to add it to our Christmas video. I walked into the living room and saw the most awesomest gift of life!
I got a keyboard!!! Eek! I freaking love it! Now if I could learn something besides Twinkle Little Star...
And to top it all off. He gave me a little gift to open nearly every hour. He even added the cutest things on the tags. Like,
To: The love of my life
From: The bottom of my heart!
(Who wouldn't love that?!)
Another one said, To: My baby mama
From: Daddy-o! Lol
Good morning with coffee and awesome coffee cup! :D
Joseph got a new game from Pat-Pat and Pappy!
Her new horse she named Carla from Pat-Pat and Pappy!
Tressa's "two headed dog" that she got from Pat-Pat and Pappy. She has named them Bubblegum and Cocoa.
Her very own wig from Auntie Becca and Uncle Chad!
She loves her hoodie!
He loves defending himself with his new shield and sword. Thanks Auntie Becca and Uncle Chad!
This Hello Kitty smells like bubblegum! It's craziness!
And she smells like grapes!
His favorite gift of everything he got! Thanks Auntie and Uncle!
She's got her very own wig too!
She had to make sure the word Princess was visible to everyone! Lol
She has named her wig bluey!
So because I knew Jonathan was getting me something, I got him a Kindle Touch. He's always reading and buying new books that we have no more space for. Bingo! Space saver and he still gets to buy his books! I even triple checked to make sure the book he wanted recently was available on Kindle before I bought it.
This year we we've been doing really well saving money and not touching it! Then we got lucky when our rent was only $215 this month. Yay! I'm proud of us! Mostly glad that Christmas wasn't a huge stress session this year.
The kids had such a great time. Joseph has started his Avatar books and has been watching the Avatar season all over again. They could all watch their Hexbugs for hours on end. Hell, Jonathan and I caught ourselves watching for a good 20 minutes or more. The girls are loving all of their toys. They play with all of them at once!
We miss a lot of our family and friends on the holiday, but we didn't miss all the fuss and stress that's usually involved when too many people get together. Lol Loooooooovvvvvveeee you! Tee-hee!
I hope that everyone had as great a holiday as we did. A huge thank you to everyone that sent cards and gifts to the kiddos! They loved them!
Look for our Christmas video soon!
