Christmas

Well, Christmas came and went in the blink of an eye. Our plans consisted of Christmas Eve at our house and Christmas day dinner at Renee's house. Randy unfortunately had to leave to go to work after the girls were done opening presents, but we still had a good morning.


The girls loved their many many presents. I was surprised with a very very special gift.

Randy bought me the Canon 40D that I have been salivating over since its release a few months ago. He even knows me well enough to buy the extended warranty for dropping or any other breakage. I am in hog heaven. He can be so thoughtful. I have read through a few of the manuals, but have yet to really play with it. I am a little leery about getting it all out with the girls around and even when I brave it and get it out, it seems like they keep asking me to put yet another new toy together. I don't remember them opening that many. Anyway, I am SO looking forward to playing with the camera.

I am trying to stay away from the Post Christmas blahs. I am diving head first into my destroyed office (thanks Renee for the inspiration). Seeing improvement in there has kept my spirits up for the most part. Do any of you get the post blahs? Have any of you hit the sales? Do I need to rush out or have I already missed it? It was rainy and gross here the last two days and I didn't want to drag the kids out. Maybe tomorrow.

The girls' Christmas dresses ( n Sunday morning after church)

This needs to be cropped, but I love the smile on her face.

A cute shot at a different angle

We have entered the Webkinz age... Of course, she is still a little young for the games. The games are how they make Webkinz money and buy food for their pets and make houses, etc, so guess who gets to play the games so she has money?? Yep, you guessed it. I am getting pretty good at them:)

The biggest hit for gifts. The lipstick from Maw Maw and Grandad. (I ended up hiding it because they were using it so much their lips were lathered in it and it was starting to extend up the cheeks.)

Not a great picture of the girls, but you can see their cute jammies and the doll house Santa got left them. They have played with that thing so much, it has already paid for itself.

A great Cait face.

The aftermath (and of course Madison in the middle playing with the doll house. )

~~Update~~ Randy's dad had a pretty big set back a day or two before Christmas. He is back in the hospital with a staff infection in his incision. He is stable now and from what I have been told getting better everyday. He had to spend Christmas in the hospital, but he is once again heading in the right recovery direction. Please keep the prayers coming, he still really needs them.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I am now fighting the urge to tear down everything Christmas and get my house back to the boring everyday house. I have found I have to do it slowly though. Anytime Madison sees me head into the living room, she runs in there and tells me not to take down the tree. I guess it can stay one day longer. I am looking forward to your Christmas posts!