Christmas 2011

What an amazing Christmas we had this year! Santa found us in our new home and brought the kids lots of fun things! MooMa, DooDa, MawMaw and Pops got to enjoy all of the excitment and the traditions that the children look forward too every year.

The classic Santa photo we get every year! This is the first year Holdyn was excited to go and got up there like a big boy and smiled so big!! Hadley.... well the picture speaks for itself ;)

Look what Santa brought Hadley!

Holdyn got lots of goodies too! He hasn't been able to ride his bike for the past few months because he went through a major growth spurt (mainly in height!) so Santa brought him a bigger bike!

Holdyn's stash!

For the past 6 months Holdyn has been asking for the Lego city police station. It has jail cells complete with cots and little toilets for the bad guys. It even has a place for the police dogs and little bones! He would have been happy as a clam just getting this! I think this was one of the incentives that lead Holdyn to go sit in Santa's lap so proudly and smile so big this year. He let santa know this is what he wanted and he has let everyone he has crossed paths with that this was what was VERY important to him!

Santa never forgets Bay and Hyres! They both finshed those 8 pieces of rawhide within 24 hours!

Sweet sister sound asleep on Christmas Eve waiting on Santa to come!

I think this made his day, week, month, and maybe even his entire year!

Hadley woke up after Holdyn. This is the first year she kinda figured out that toys were left for her. She wasn't too sure at first but then she saw some things and started pointing to her stash!

She didn't touch anything at first. She just kinda looked at all of it and had to take it all in!

Reading the 'structions' on the back... still amazed that Santa did actually bring the police station!

Hadley got her first bike!! I guess Santa thought since Holdyn got one, she should get one so they could ride together!

Hyres enjoying some rawhide from his stocking!

Daddy was so nice to help Holdyn build the police station. It only had 783 pieces!! He also was so nice to help him build the big lego police boat that Auntie and Uncle Fireman Joe sent him!

Holdyn has a little collapsable chair that he and Hadley fight over. Hadley got her own! It's a dinosaur chair but she is been calling it a 'Moose chair' or a 'Moo Cow Chair'... just depends on her mood what animal it is! She has really enjoyed sitting in it! It will be great to take to Holdyn's T-ball and soccer games this year!

Santa must have known Hadley starts school in August and has to have a bookbag. I must say he has very good taste and picked out an adorable one from pottery barn and he even had his elves monogram her name on it!!  

The bag is bigger than her (haha!) but she loves carrying around bags!

Pops has a favorite picture of Hadley. It was the day he found out that he was going to have another grandchild (It's hard to tell but Hadley has her 'little cousin' shirt on). That evening we were all at Holdyn's soccer practice and I got a picture of her sitting on a soccer ball. Pops has always loved this picture and asked for this picture on a blanket for Christmas!

Holdyn playing with another police station from Auntie. She spoils him rotten!

Hadley was trying to give Holdyn a hug but he was too busy playing!

Hadley ran around the corner and said "Boo!"

Next Christmas we will be SO excited to have Auntie, Uncle Fireman Joe, and our new baby cousin, Mathis, with us. Don't worry... Auntie and I are already looking for matching PJs for Christmas and Christmas Eve for the 3 kiddos! Holdyn is excited to pick out toys for baby Mathis. He already told me that he would go and help me but we had to make sure that they were baby toys for BOYS! Can't wait to see what he picks out! Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!