Only 11 More Months Until CHRISTMAS!

Rather than say that this Christmas post is late, let's just say its purpose is to help us get in the mood for next year!  Here are some pictures from our cozy Christmas in our little blue house on Derby Wharf.  My parents and Matt's parents and sister were all able to join us again this year.  It might be the last year we are all able to be together like that since Michelle will be venturing off to wedded bliss and, HOPEFULLY, Becky will live closer next year to make it easier for my parents to visit with her at the Holidays.  Not that I don't love having everyone at our house.  I just know that each year brings surprises and new situations.  So, this year, I went all out decorating and we all enjoyed a blessed Christmas with our little Callie Mae.

Callie's Christmas actually started a week early when we visited everyone on the mountain.

 

This is how the tree looked when Callie got up Christmas morning.  Her "Santa" presents included a kitchen, a cart full of food, a hedgehog beanbag chair, a stuffed horse and Tickle Me Elmo.

 

Grampy (aka "Yoo-Hoo") requested a special shirt for the season.  It says "All I want for Christmas is Yoo-Hoo" although I don't think Callie minded having the three other doting grandparents around!

 Many presents required assembly this year.

 Callie has a sixth sense for knowing when a new looking food is a dessert.

 Cute Callie faces!

I couldn't resist posting the next two photos.  The first is apparently proof that a girl's best friends is actually tupperware, or at least its Dreama's favorite thing, by the look of joy on her face.  The second picture, well, I have no explanation for why my Dad appears to be having a stare-down with a toy horse.

 

 

 It's not Christmas around our house without the boys nosing in on the gifts and finding new places to nap.

 Chester is checking out Michelle's new shirt.

 Fat boy Ollie was disappointed the cart was full of fake food.

 Callie's present opening spanned several days due to her toddler attention span and the amount of gifts she had to open.  This is the reason she is wearing so many different outfits in these Christmas pictures.

 Playing kitchen with Daddy.

 She insisted on wearing her new hair clips all at once.  She should have shared one with poor hairy mommy.

 "Just set those presents right here and I will get to them later"

 Our delicious Christmas morning brunch was a group effort and consisted of Strawberrry and Banana smoothies, Sausage Stromboli, Scrambled eggs, Grits Casserole and homemade Cinnamon Buns.