christmas eve came a day early for us with kelly's family. the graham's always get together on christmas eve but tomorrow evening we are having two services at our church (kelly is playing and singing for them) so, we wouldn't have been able to come. they didn't want us to miss out on the family festivities; they rescheduled it. just for us. it was especially sweet of them!
hunter is dying to escape from my arms to play with his new toy. thanks papa and gigi!
hunter has sure been drooling up a storm. speaking of which, why hasn't anyone had the idea to invent baby clothes that will not absorb moisture (i.e. - spit up, drool, milk, etc.)??? i think that could earn someone billions.
tearing into his presents. he had fun!
i just love how his face is squished up against mine. do we look alike? i have a hard time seeing it, but kelly says we do.
our sweet niece, taylor.
our other niece, (who is also sweet) camryn, me and hunter.
kelly's mom. she is sporting her new ugg hat, scarf, and she was even wearing her snazzy new ugg boots! all courtesy of her hubby!
we had such a great time with the graham's!!! tomorrow night we will go to church. on christmas we will go spend time with my family in the afternoon. we will always keep christmas morning to ourselves... i think it is great to spend time with just our family at home. especially now that we have a little one!
my family used to always open presents on christmas eve and then we'd do stockings on christmas morning. kelly's family does the same thing. for some reason i feel like it spoils christmas morning a bit that way. maybe we will change that for our family and do presents on christmas day. i somehow want to keep the main thing the main thing and never allow all the gifts to overshadow the greatest gift - Jesus! so, i am thinking of ways to make that happen. what's your tradition - how do you keep Christ the center and when do you do your gift exchanging???
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Looks like you had a great night.
Here's a few thoughts...
-The nativity scene. Hide baby Jesus. (Keep the manger empty) until Christmas morning and have Hunter find him and put him in the manger. (Of course you would have to wait a year or 2 for him to understand)
-Jesus got 3 presents and so the kids know they get 3 gifts just like Jesus did.
-On Christmas Day read the Christmas Story from the Bible.
-Make a special Birthday cake for Jesus and eat it on Christmas morning!
It is such a great idea to keep Christmas at home! It's so hard to travel and coordinate ALL the family events. So, we decided before we even got married that once we had children, Christmas would ALWAYS be at our house and whoever wanted to see us or the kids there is an open invitation. I am so glad you guys had a great Christmas! Blessings!
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