Christmas Recap - Warning it's long!
Hannah was a naughty little girl all day Christmas Eve. I even made a call to Santa to see if she made the naughty list. Luckily he gave her a warning and she was fairly good after that. She got into my mascara and was very proud of herself!
Christmas Eve we went to Josh's aunt Patsy's house. We got to see everyone that we only get to see a couple of times a year! It was a great night. Hannah got so many nice things. She was so excited to open her presents. It is no surprise that there was great food and I ate too much. We left a little earlier than normal because Hannah didn't take a nap & she was cranky. She fell asleep about 1/2 mile down the road. (By the way, due to the large amount of pictures taken, I have decided to do the picturetrial so I could post most of them.)
I had such a hard time sleeping on Christmas Eve. I was so excited and could not wait for Hannah to open her gifts. I knew she was going to be surprised. She had only asked for brocolli (yes, brocolli) so I knew she would be excited. We woke her up around 8:00 am. She came running in the living room and screams "roller coaster!" We had it set up and she jumped on. She knew just what to do. This has been the best gift! I highly recommend it. She must have been a good girl because Santa was good to her. Josh thinks Santa went a little overboard and maybe he did considering I opened most of the gifts. She wasn't interested after the 3rd or 4th gift she opened. She dressed up in her band uniform (that is what she calls her purple flapper dress). She is really into wanting to direct the band lately like Meleah & Crystal. She put on the dress and a princess crown & necklace and directed the band. She then hopped on her roller coaster and rode down in the dress. It was hilarious and very lady-like! LOL!! She was so funny all morning. When she opened her My Little Pony, she yelled out "It's just what I needed!" Then Josh said look at all of this stuff you got. She said "Look at all this junk!" Paper was everywhere and the living room was a mess but we had a wonderful Christmas morning.
Mom came over to see what Hannah got from Santa. Then we went to Billy & Mary's house still in our pj's. I did a horrible job taking pics at their house. I didn't even get one of my cute pajamas. Oh well, we missed Kim, Addi, Levi, & Lila. They were sick with a stomach bug and couldn't spend Christmas with us. It wasn't the same without them! Paul got to eat breakfast with us and we enjoyed that but wish the rest of the crew could have been there. Despite missing them we had a great day. We just lazed around in our pj's. ATE (aren't you surprised again?), opened gifts, watched a little tv, took a nap, & laughed a lot.
We left a little earlier this year and went to my mom & dad's for our family Christmas. I did change out of my pj's. We ate a lighter dinner. We decided that since we had so many Christmas parties to attend that we would do a soup & sandwich. It was good!! Hannah was showered with more gifts from more people she loved! It is a blessing to be loved by so many people. There was the annual wrapping paper war although this year it seemed to be a little less violent. I think it is because Clay got a Wii and the boys were more interested in playing that. Once again Hannah was exhausted when we left and so was I!
Saturday was our last Christmas party at my grandparents house. We don't get to see them that much and we love going to their house. My cousin couldn't make it because she is in Washington snowed in. We missed her bunches! However the kids had a great time. They played in the trees and climbed in and out of the back of my Papaw's truck. It reminded me of being little. They lived in Corner at the time and he had a tractor. We used to play on that tractor and in the back of his truck all the time. Hannah was filthy from head to toe by the time we got home. I know this has been lengthy but I want to make sure I remember what a great Christmas that 2008 was! I hope each of you had a merry one like us!
