Christmas 2009 at a glance

We did it. We survived our first Christmas on our own. It was not nearly as lonely as I thought it would be. A little weird, yes, but overall i think we really enjoyed it. It came and went WAY too fast. Good times were had by all!

Waiting at the top of the stairs

Santa Brought Avery a new bike

Alivia turned 3 months old on Christmas Day

Drew got a Buzz Lightyear robot from Santa

Checking out the goods

This pictures makes me laugh :) Santa always puts an orange at the bottom of the stockings. Drew thought it was a little silly

I was So excited about Avery's present. Two of her favorite things to do are play school and do projects so I wanted to get her a desk and chalkboard for Christmas. I found a vintage school desk on craigslist and painted it pink(her favorite color of course) and Andy made her chalkboard. When she opened it, she wasn't really sure what to think. The first thing she said was "Mom, it looks kind of old and dirty". We got a good laugh out of it. But now she LOVES it and spends most of her time sitting at her desk doing craft projects and stuff. It makes me smile to know she loves it as much as I thought/hoped she would.

We decided to make gingerbread houses on Christmas day. The kids had a lot of fun. Mostly because candy was involved :)

I hope you all had a great Christmas too!