MERRY CHRISTMAS ~ 2009

Last year I was in the recliner all night nursing a brand new baby so when Owen woke up and walked in the living room to see what Santa brought I was ready, mostly awake with the camera and video camera ready. This year I was still nursing the baby but we were in her room so I missed Owen's first expression...when I walked he had already seen his 'big' present from Santa, the Nintendo DS. Maybe Santa needs to start wrapping his presents so I can capture the moment! Santa only brings 3 gifts, because that's how many gifts the wise men brought Jesus and it is His birthday we're celebrating.... Owen got the Nintendo DS and 2 games that he asked for, along with other games, movies and clothes from family. Layla got the big green dinosaur thing you drop balls in, which Owen quickly noticed it was just like the one his cousin Greer had when she was a baby, (wink wink) a baby doll, and the Snow White dvd. She also got some fun toys from her brother and her cousin (aunt/uncle) and her very first Madame Alexander doll from Nonni.

she LOVES a baby, and I LOVE that she loves a baby :)

this is what Owen looked like all day!

this is Layla opening the Madame Alexander doll from Nonni...there isn't another picture because I was told she couldn't play with it (after I had taken it out and given it to her)...it has to stay in the box or on a shelf...so it's back in the box for now.

Layla gave Owen the Connect 4 game

Owen gave Layla this teapot, which she LOVES!!! mommy does to, it is teaching her to say please and thank you...I love some manners!

Mario Kart for the DS from Nonni and Poppi

Star Wars Clone Wars movie from daddy

Santa put some coal in Owens stocking...

opening the coal (stupid blogger rearranging my pictures again!)

FUN purse from auntie E, uncle Mikey, and Gigi...it is so cute, sings a little song about taking your purse along...has keys, a bracelet, a mirror, lipstick rattle, and a crinkly dollar inside.

she likes the mirror best :)

Daddy holding Layla, Layla holding the glow~worm from Nonni and Poppi, she loves it too!

playing with the Christmas spider ornament. I thought I had put all the ornaments on the top half of the tree out of her reach...pretty sure she just grew taller since I decorated! :(

pretty eyelashes

LOVE that smile, and that dimple, and that sweet baby girl!

she's happy with a piece of paper

Owen is quite with his Nintendo DS....Santa should have brought it a long time ago ;)

My sweet sweet husband gave me a beautiful card along with ALL the gifts he lavished me with this year, the best a new lens for my camera!!! The inside of the card read....

"After all these years

you're still my beautiful bride!

When the Lord

brought us together

my heart was thrilled

to have found my true love.

You continue to make my heart

leap when I think of you.

Through the years

we've faced difficult situations

and have had an abundance

of great times together.

Journeying through this life

with you is a joy

I will always treasure.

As we celebrate Jesus

and His wondrous birth,

I'll thank Him again

for bringing you,

the one my heart loves,

into my life.

With All My Love

At Christmas

I LOVE YOU

Paul

I am so blessed to have a husband that loves me so deeply, but most of all I am blessed to have husband that loves Jesus!

hear that? ....exactly!

she loves a laptop!

she's a keeper!