Christmas Eve!!

Christmas Eve is usually spent with my dad's family. This of course was the first Christmas without my Granny, which was very different. We just had Robbie, April and Adair at mom and dad's for lunch and gift exchange. Dad was so sick. He stayed in bed the entire time with a fever, so I do not have one picture of my father from Christmas this year. :(

Robbie, April and Adair gave the girls Tangled dolls, me a sweater and Bo a gift card. Mom and dad gave all the kids Pottery Barn sleeping bags and they LOVED them - they just layed on them and played for awhile. It was so cute.

Tangled Dolls!

Getting ready to open the sleeping bags

After Robbie and April left we did presents with my parents and Lindsay and Steve. The girls got Doc McStuffins doctor kits, guitars, a microphone, UGG boots, Hannah got a baby LaLa Loopsy, Emma a Tangled dress/wig, Hannah a Brave dress/wig, .....all I can remember right now.

I got new UGG boots complete with ribbons on the back to match the girls, Banana Republic clothes, ring, earrings, Banana Republic perfume, Juicy Couture bathrobe, Juicy Couture perfume set, Coach scarf, Coach sunglass case......all I can remember.

Our big thing together this year was a fire pit for the back patio. Bo got a Polo jacket, cologne, Lowes Gift card, Carhartt sweater, some grilling tool thingy, car care kit - all I can remember.

mom got her annual picture calendar of the kids

E with her guitar 

H with her baby Lala Loopsy

H and her brave dress

Uggs!

all fancy

We had a nice evening, just hated that my dad was sick and couldn't participate in seeing the kids opening presents. I gave my mom and sister Origami Owl necklaces and had been so excited to give them.

We ate some quick leftovers and then it was off to church because I had handbells to play as people entered into church. We stayed for the 7:00 service and it was very nice. I always love the candlelight songs at the end of the service. They gave the kids glow sticks to participate safely, which I thought was a great idea.

all those nights of practice finally showing! 

After that was bath time and gift exchange from us and the girls. We gave the girls new books of course, Izzy Pirate stuffed animals, Emma a Mary Poppins Snow Globe, Hannah a Doc Mcstuffins Lamby (she still has a Lamb obsession). Emma gave Hannah an Arial Princess doll and Hannah gave Emma a Jasmine doll.

new books

Hannah giving to Emma

Izzy Pirates!

Mary poppins snow globe

Lamby!

Bo and the girls gave me an Origami Owl necklace - love it!! We gave Bo a new IPoD doc station for the kitchen and these Brookstone ice gadget things for drinks. The girls gave us our presents from the shop in Richmond. Emma gave me hot chocolate and Bo a koozie. Hannah gave me a "Mom" picture frame and Bo a "Dad" picture frame. I have to say I was very proud of the girls for not ever telling us what our presents were. They also did not tell each other what they got one another - they were great with their secrets.

Emma especially also got on this "wrapping" kick and wanted to wrap things on her own. She went to the spare bedroom, got my wrapping stuff and wrapped (very nicely) a drawing for me and Bo to "open together." She is so funny. I have it all on video. Hannah also wrapped me some extra presents with Bo's assistance - a Santa suncatcher and Christmas bag - she found things from a container I had things in and wrapped them for me. Too funny.

We put out our reindeer food, tracked Santa on the computer and then it was BED TIME!