First we woke up and made some yummy sausage and eggs for breakfast. Then Hadley and I made Christmas Wreath cookies! This was Grandma Bernice's famous cookie, so it was fun to think of her while we made them.
Hadley enjoyed the red hots, her job was to put them on the cookies.
The cookies turned out! And, they were yummy too. Then Auntie Michelle, Danny, Cody and Eme came to celebrate Christmas with us. They arrived around 11:30. We ate spaghetti, breadsticks and a salad. Then we had cookies. After we ate we relaxed and opened presents. Hadley got a bunch of great items. She got some Melissa and Doug food ... both cutting fruits and regular veggies. She also got new pots and pans for her kitchen. She loved her baby accessories and even tried them out on herself. She got a new froggie towel and socks too! Robert and I also got some nice gifts. We were are very happy!
Michelle and the crew left around 3pm.
Hadley went down for a nap and she didn't fall asleep right away. Daddy heard her crying a little so he went and laid down with her. She was asleep in no time after that. We got ready for church at 5pm. Hadley woke up on her own but was a bit crabby which added some tension. One of my favorite things to do is going to church on Christmas Eve... so I wasn't going to let a little girl who was being fussy spoil that. I managed to get her dressed in her cute cream sweater dress with red snowman tights and away we went. We even made it there before church started. Grandpa and Grandma joined us. After church we went to Aunt Laurie's house for a lite dinner and Neveah and Hadley played. They also opened gifts from each other. And, both girls got a doll from Becky and Mark.
Then we headed to Grandma and Grandpa's house to open up gifts. It was about 8pm ... right on schedule. Hadley got some finger paints and similar items from Nevaeh. She was thrilled. We made Nevaeh a Shutterfly book and everyone liked it. At Grandpa and Grandma's... Hadley was happy to run and play. She had a huge stack of presents and got some great gifts. Mommy got a new jacket and Daddy got snowshoes. We also got some meat from Chad and Andrew gave Robert a new fishing pole and I got a Swifer Wetjet and the movie Eat Pray Love.
Now on to Hadley...
She got dress up items from Chad
A screen tent from Andrew
A piggie calendar from Andrew and Chad
From Grandpa and Grandma...
A laptop, princess tent, clothes, dora toothbrush, a knitted sweater by Aunt Judy, a new tricycle, Memory game, PJ's and I am sure I am forgetting something. But once she got the tent... all she wanted to do was sit in there and play with her laptop. Only two and already retreating from the family with her electronics!
We finished opening presents and did stockings. Hadley was a great little girl and enjoyed exploring her new gifts. We cleaned up and got ready to go. It was a little hard to get Hadley to leave her tent behind... but we reminded her she would have it to play with tomorrow. We did take a family photo in the tent.
It was nice to have Chad back in the mix too. We were all together for Christmas! It was a great night and Hadley even went to bed fairly easy when we got home. She was out at 10:30pm. A little late but not bad.
Well it is officially Christmas! So Merry Christmas and hopefully tomorrow goes well with a full day of activities.
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