Christmas Day

She was a bit timid at first...

But then she got really into it

Love this face.  This face says Christmas to me :)

Teacher Chloe

The girls in their jammies and Chloe's special new backpack

My Santa babies :)

She found baby Jesus first thing when we got to Grandma's house

The cutest little conversation ever :)

The LeBaron boys and their electronics!

Too hilarious not to blog....

Finally made it to my parents house

Having all of our family live in town means we have a VERY BUSY Christmas day!  Busy in the best, yet still exhausting, kind of way- especially since we just added Avery into the mix! We started our morning around 7am by waking up Chloe to open her presents-hopefully that only happens for a couple more years!  I love the excitement of Christmas morning!  She was pretty bleary eyed at first, so I had to point out all of her presents and get her started on her stocking, but after that she was all over it!  After each present she would sit and try to play with it, but we had to push on so we could open all of them before heading over to my parents house.  I think we I went a little overboard this year...she would've been perfectly happy just getting the first present she opened, which was a remote control car from Dad (one of the only gifts he picked out).  It turns out you actually spend more money buying gifts starting in September than in December...go figure!  It was also really hard separating gifts for her b-day and Christmas.  Anyhow, she got lots of new, more age appropriate toys (my way of justifying how much I got her), including a sweet easel and a backpack to tote all of her stuff around in.  Ronnie got lots of clothes (I know, boring, but he needed them), some cologne, and yummy treats and I got BOOKS, lots of purple skittles, and a paper shredder!  The purple skittle were a huge score, because they don't sell them in the big stores anymore :(  Ronnie found some at Maverick and bought 6 bags for me!  Definitely a favorite :)  Little Avery slept through her first Christmas!  We got done with presents and scrambled to get ready for church before going to my parents for a buttermilk pancake breakfast.  Alas, it was not meant to be and we sacrificed the pancakes for our sanity and stayed home so that we could get ready without being grumpy.  Church was lovely and brought the Spirit to our heart through music-it kind of made me wish that Christmas was on a Sunday every year!  Ronnie did great leading the primary kids in their songs (he's the chorister)!  After church we headed over to the LeBaron's to hang out with cousins and open more presents.  It was fun to see everyone with their new toys and clothes and just enjoy each others company.  Chloe had to go to the bathroom at one point, and after setting her on the toilet, promptly asked me to leave and shut the door.  I walked out and totally forgot she was in there, until Bonnie (mil) directed my attention to my bare bottomed girl playing the piano!  It was especially funny because I'd tucked the bottom of her dress into her collar so it wouldn't fall into the toilet.  Around 3 we headed over to my grandparents to celebrate with my mom's side of the family.  We had delicious food, great company, and played a short round of Settlers of Catan.  After that,we finally made it over to my parents house to hang out and open gifts.  My mom is seriously the best gift giver in the world and gave us some very thoughtful gifts, including some cookie sheets!  I've been living with just 1 forever and that's no good for making cookies! It was a wonderful Christmas and I loved spending it with all of my favorite people, especially my wonderful husband and sweet girls.  It was so awesome being on the parent end of Christmas :)