Christmas

Our Christmas break was a great one. It flew by but looking back we were able to do alot of fun things before sweet P made her debut. We kicked it off on Friday the 20th at Daniels ortho ugly sweater party. Delish tex-mex and awesome company! Love this program.

We made some yummy sugar cookies with our good friends on Christmas Eve. Evalyn worked on her cookie for 15 minutes straight. Can't say I was willing to bite into that one. May have chipped a tooth if I tried.

 We drove out to Alvin, Texas (about a half hour away) to go to this Christmas Train ride. It was the cutest little place and Evalyn is currently OBSESSED with choo-choo trains thanks to her cousin Colby, so she was in heaven. She had story time with Mrs. Claus and went on a long train ride around a pond all lit up with Christmas lights and with displays that told the Christmas story as you drove by. It was such a fun Christian environment. For some reason I don't imagine a place like that would have worked in Los Angeles. We loved it and will be back next year! And next year I won't be having contractions on the train ride..

 

Christmas morning we woke up, and had our favorite cereal (Daniels family tradition). Ev had been asking to eat her Lucky Charms in the pantry for a solid month. Next year I'll have to be more tricky with keeping Santa gifts out of sight. Then our little one opened her gifts. Her main presents were a play kitchen, and an Ikea train set. The Ikea train was a whopping 15 dollars, and she plays with it everyday for hours. Note for next year--just get her what she asks for and nothing more!

 Christmas Jammies

 Her princess cape

 Do you think she was excited about this Minnie Mouse gift from my aunt?

Our last picture as a family of 3!

 Saying goodbye to my little lovebug as she went to her Grandma Cheryls for the next few days while we were in the hospital!

The next half of our break was spent at home snuggling our new babe and adjusting to this new norm. So thankful for the Christmas season and for my Savior and his birth, atonement, resurrection, and plan. We felt so blessed this holiday season and can't wait to see what 2014 has to offer!