Christmas Eve - before church (Isn't it a great picture!)
This year, Christmas was really exciting! Alexander totally understood what was happening and he was super excited on Christmas morning. He had even asked Santa for 3 things for himself, a helicopter, motorcycles, and a bike. He also made sure to ask Santa for Minnie Mouse for Julia. So, of course, Santa had to make sure to bring those 4 things to our house. He was very surprised when he got other things from Santa as well. He kept saying that he didn't ask for certain things. He definitely liked them though. Santa knew that Alexander is totally into Jake and the Neverland Pirates, so he brought him a Jake dress up kit. He dressed as Jake for the whole morning. It was pretty funny. He also had to ride his new bike. Luckily that weather was decent and he got to ride outside.
New bike!
Julia really didn't care about the presents.
There is the helicopter!
Motorcycles!
Santa remembered to bring Minnie!
He also brought Julia a house.
Alexander dressed as Jake. He is a real pirate now!
Both kids love the house.
Daisy loves opening presents too!
First bike ride.
Then at around 1:00, we packed up the car and headed to Pennsylvania to visit our families, so we thought. We arrived at Nathan's parents' house that evening. Julia wasn't feeling well. We thought she just had a cold, so we didn't worry about it too much. We opened more presents when we got there and had a fun evening.
Opening presents at Grandma and Pap Pap's house.
More presents!
The next morning, we got an ice storm. Our plans for that day involved visiting both of Nathan's grandmas and other relatives. That didn't happen because of the ice. So we spent that day hanging out in the house.
The next day, we traveled to my parents' house. By this time, Julia really wasn't feeling well and Alexander was starting to exhibit the cold symptoms. We persevered though because we had traveled to see our families. We opened more presents there and then relaxed. We were supposed to visit with the extended family on Friday. (You can see where this is going, can't you.)
Daisy is worn out!
Playing games on Mommy's new kindle. Uncle Joe gave him the pajamas. He says they are his favorite gift.
Sick baby.
Julia and Pup Pup.
All the kids.
Grammy and Alexander singing Christmas carols.
On Friday, Julia developed a fever and Alexander was not feeling well either. I didn't feel great as well. My brother and his girlfriend had come down with the stomach flu and my one aunt was getting bronchitis. Because of this, we cancelled our family get together. So, we essentially traveled to Pennsylvania to see our parents, who we see all the time. Oh well, hopefully we can see everybody else soon, when we are all healthy.
The kids are starting to feel better now. Julia's fever was gone today and her cough sounded better. Alexander sounds a lot better. It was definitely a Christmas that we will remember!
