Abbey & Owen: Christmas 2011

Monday, December 26, 2011

Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve at home with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Kim, and Aunt Jenny. Abbey and I went to church with the family while Owen and Mark stayed at home. Owen is slightly too little to make it through a whole service, so we took the easy road and left him at home. We then had a lasagna dinner together, opened presents, and relaxed. It was a lot of fun!

Owen wasn't interested in opening presents, but I did catch him trying to get this one open. He had a great time just running around and playing with whatever crossed his path.

A new doll from Grandma! Abbey was THRILLED.

Rapunzel wig!

On Christmas morning, Abbey was so excited she woke us up at 5:30. We held her off until Owen finally woke up a little before 7:00. We made monkey bread (thanks for the awesome recipe Aunt Linda) and opened presents. The kids were so cute and loved each and every present.

Santa left a note telling the kids that there was a surprise for them in the basement. It was a small bounce house that will go outside when the weather is warmer. They were beyond excited!

Abbey trying out her microphone:

Grandpa gave the kids sleeping bags. They loved relaxing after all of the Christmas excitement.

After naps, we were off to Great Grandma's house.

Owen opened a new bike-

Back home for dinner and time to play with the new toys:

We had a wonderful Christmas and look forward to whatever 2012 may hold!

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Abbey has a blog!

After some pressure (you know who you are!) Mark and Beth have created a blog for Abbey. It's hard to believe that she is almost 13 months old by now and how fast this last year has gone. Abbey is taking many steps at a time these days along with her crawling. Her words include da-da, uh-oh, hi, hi charlie, and possibly thank you....notice that ma-ma isn't included in her list yet! I don't take it personally-I get all of the hugs and kisses a mommy could ask for from this sweet baby. Being a teacher is awesome because I'm able to get a taste of being a stay at home mom in the summer. Abbey loves to play with her toys and dog Charlie, tear things apart, pull on the toilet paper roll, climb anything she can get her little hands and feet on, push her shopping cart, go into the pantry, among other fun games:) We adore her and will try to add to this blog weekly to share her with you!