We made the kids sleep in our room Christmas Eve so Eli would not come out and peak at his presents. Sadly it meant no sleep for us. Lilliana decided 5:45 was the perfect time to get up and of course thought the rest of us needed to join her. She likes a party when she gets up. At about 6:00 I just turn and look at Anthony and say, "Shall we just get up and enjoy it?" The entire time pushing out of my thoughts those wonderful natural light shots I had hoped to get of Christmas morning. It looked like the flash was just going to have to be used. He agrees. So we head downstairs to begin opening gifts.
Eli's big gift from us was a train table. He LOVES it.
So does his sister..........
Lilliana got a push-a-long walker as her big gift.
They played with these toys for a good long while and we could have just gotten them those and they would have been happy. BUT the show must go on. Eli had to be kept off his Spring horse at that point so we could just begin opening. Once we started that he was ok with it and really enjoyed it. There were presents from Aunts, Uncles, cousins, and Great Grandparents from my side in Idaho.
I even let Eli open a few of my presents as he was just loving opening presents. Lilliana in a lot of ways could have cared less. She was just interested in playing with everything.
My favorite gift opened that day was by Eli. We got him a battery powered Salty from the Thomas The Train series. He loves his trains so this was just perfect. He loves it.
After opening it was time to clean up and get ready to have Anthony's family over for dinner. We had a great time and all my cooking paid off. We opened presents although it was chaos with the 3 grandkids so I pretty much gave up on taking pictures but was able to get this one.
Thankfully Anthony's mom and step dad stayed to help clean up so we had a nice clean house come Monday morning including dishes being done.
Monday of course brought hours of playing with toys..........
Lilliana LOVES her doll we got her as you can tell from her face. Eli spent many hours sitting on that toy box playing with his train table. Many of these photos are due to Anthony. I have to say I was a little preoccupied enjoying my kindle fire and reading a book. Since getting it I have read three books. I love that he took the camera and just took pictures. He also took it upon himself to just play with them and let me rest. I was tired from getting everything ready for Christmas day. It was a much needed nice break!
Tuesday brought us our White Christmas two days late. Many thanks to Grandma Terri who got Lilliana an adorable snow suit. All four of us made our way outside to enjoy the beautiful snow.
We then came in and enjoyed some hot chocolate and more playing with toys....
Nobody told me but I got a little Indian for Christmas!
Finally I let Anthony play with my Kindle. Some things never change as he was playing games with one kid on his lap. I secretly think he got it for me so he could play games and I could read and I will stop asking to upgrade to an Iphone. Either way I don't care I love it!! I love having books galore and I have not had to pay for one yet!
Yesterday I had my first official baby appointment. It also marked the first day of the second trimester! It is hard to believe. It was a bittersweet day. As I was getting ready to leave Anthony texted me to tell me his boss was on the way to the hospital and they suspected he had had a heart attack so to pray for him. Then as I was driving in he called to tell me his boss had passed. They attended our church so we know them outside of work and his wife is one of the sweetest ladies I know. It was ironic that as I was going to hear the heartbeat of a new little life for the first time while one other life was being called home to our dear Lord and Saviour. He will be missed. It is the second death to hit Anthony's company this year. I know Anthony was pretty upset last night as was I.
I was thrilled to hear the baby's hearbeat though. My midwife could not find it for a while. She knew we should be able to. I was not too concerned but she was determined and I am glad. I finally had to go to the bathroom so my bladder would not interfere. One day I will get better about taking belly pictures. I have not been on top of that this time and need to do better!
Today brought more toy playing. I love that we have now added to our toy collection baby dolls and strollers. It is wonderful! Little girl loves her new stroller and baby.
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They have also fallen in love with Legos all over again. I am thinking we might invest in some pink ones for Little Sister's birthday. She loves legos and has for a while. It has only increased with the new ones Eli got for Christmas.
She especially loves the little men.
Eli loves his new Mater lego. It shoots something and he loves playing with that and building big towers to knock over.
All in all it has been an Amazing Christmas! We are not done and have Anthony's extended family Christmas to attend on Saturday. Stay tuned for a reflections post of the year too! I hope you all had as Merry of a Christmas as we did.
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