Christmas Dinner, 2011

I forgot my nice camera at home, so all of these photos are taken with my iPod which doesn't have the greatest camera.

When we got to Grandma Carrie and Grandpa Dennis's house, Great-grandma Bonnie was also there, along with Uncle Nile and Aunt Rebekah who are in town!

Jane decided to help everybody open their presents =)

Nile and Rebekah

Michael's friend Stevie and his wife Chanel were visiting his mom
just a few doors down and had their new tiny baby girl with them.

This is Stevie's brother's daughter who colored with Jane.
Both of their names escape me at the moment!

We had a delicious dinner and played and chatted with family, what a great way to spend Christmas!

Christmas Morning, December 2011

In the few days before Christmas, we had Jane start opening a few presents early.  We didn't want to overwhelm her on Christmas day and this way she got to start playing with things and enjoying them without the pressure of "what's next?"

So when Christmas morning rolled around, we just had a few things left for her which made the morning easy and laid back.

Daddy has crazy hair!

Jane has discovered that her stocking has been filled!

Animal Crackers!

She got lots of books to read - yay!

Not sure why my hair looks so nice.
On my lap is an awesome puzzle game that Uncle Chris and Aunt Camille sent for Jane

Jane loves Caillou and now she has some Caillou books!

One of my favorite presents: a toy piano from Auntie Lynne!

 It's a great morning spent together playing with toys and reading books.  Soon Jane will have a nap and then we'll be off to Nana and Grandpa Dennis's house for dinner!

Christmas Eve, 2011

*Written 3/25/13*

Christmas Eve is finally here!  We decided to dress Jane up for the occasion and headed over to Grandma Bobbi's house for the yearly celebration.

Here is Jane in her Christmas Dress:

Inside the house are all of her aunties and uncles and cousins and of course, Grandma!  There are so many people to play with!  Get ready for just a load of pictures:

Merri showing Jane a toy

The haul!

Jane and Daddy

 

Will and Kimball in the chaos

We did change her out of her dress eventually.
Gotta be comfy for gift-opening time!

Austin's getting something big!

Baby Evelyn opening a gift

A highlight of the evening for me was seeing my siblings
open the family photo books I had been putting together for months.

Ian amidst the toys

Matti holding Jane

Jane gets to open a gift!  She loves these blocks.

I got some much-needed sewing supplies!

Grandma

Daddy got some help opening his present

We are all laughing at some joke.  Probably something Adam said.

Jane got a dress from Grandma

Is this the Christmas where Doug paid Ella five dollars to give him a hug?  Anyway, we convinced all the girls to come take a picture with Doug!

So that was Christmas Eve!  We went home and crashed in order to get ready for the big day ahead.