Family Christmas, Take 2…

Last Saturday we had a great day hosting my family for Christmas!  I had been looking so forward to having everyone here, and we had a great time.  The kids were so excited to be together and open presents!  Selah is figuring out this present opening pretty quickly!  I am so thankful for my family!  We missed my cousin, Chelsea, who was studying for finals for optometry school as well as my cousin, Olivia, and her family that live in Colorado!

Selah was excited that everyone was coming to her house!!

Trying to get the kiddos to pose in front of the tree…this was the best I could do!

Pey Pey and the kids were listening to something on his phone.

Of course, the kids were so ready to open presents, so we let them open theirs first.  Myla loved her Brain Quest game from her cousins, George and Miles.

All was good in Selah’s world because she got several new Barney videos!

Mimi and Bodie gave Henry this plaque.  He and my mom have said this saying to each other for a long time.  My mom has had it for awhile, but she wanted to wait and give it to him when he could read.  This year, he was able to read what it said!

Myla loved her Wizard of Oz book.  She saw it in Square Books, Jr. forever ago and loved it.  My mom found it online and ordered it.  We were in Square Books, Jr. last week, and Myla started looking for this book, and they were all out.  She was so excited when she opened it and had one of her own.

Henry and Pey Pey gave Myla this fun game, “What’s in Ned’s Head?”

Selah opening up another Barney!

This was probably Myla’s favorite gift.  It is a learning pad that she calls her iTouch (she REALLY wants an iTouch).  Ha!

Selah loved her Sesame Street microphone from Pey Pey and Henry

Selah was ready to have one her new books books read to her, and Pey Pey was happy to oblige!

Aunt Be was helping Myla work on her learning pad.

Daddy and his girls!

Myla helped Sis Sis look through the calendar we gave her.

Before Pey Pey and Henry had to leave, we tried to get some family pics!  Bodie and Mimi with Henry

Of course, Myla had to jump in to the next one!

Then with the baby!

Henry and Sis Sis

Selah loves her great grands!

Doesn’t Myla look 16 with her legs crossed?  She and Aunt Be had fun playing Brain Quest!

Me, Sis Sis and Peyton

Sisters

Peyton and Me

Us with mom

Me and Michael

This is us Sunday before church.  I’ve been trying to get pictures of the girls in their Christmas dresses!

LOVE these 3!  Not sure what Selah was so tickled at!

We Love to Party…

We have had two Christmas parties this week!  Yesterday we had our party at MMO at church, and it was WILD!  Thank goodness Michael came for reinforcements since I have a class this year.  I definitely needed his help!

Bro. Eric, our pastor, reads the Christmas story to the kids each year.  Selah was front and center!  She sat and listened to almost the whole story.  Michael and I couldn’t get over how still she was sitting!

Very into the story!

This was a shot of some of the people that were there.  We put our class in high chairs so they couldn’t run wild the whole time.  Ha!

She finally saw me snapping pictures of her…and she quickly ran to her daddy!

Myla sat and listened to the Christmas story too, but she didn’t seem as enthralled.  We need to work on that!

I think she was ready to get to her singing!  She was so excited about ringing the bells that they had hidden behind their backs.  She kept telling us we “would never be able to guess” what they were holding!

After the singing we went to find the girls’ spots at their tables.  Selah enjoyed her cookie!

Selah and Daddy

Of course, in her picture with me, she wouldn’t look at the camera.  I LOVE the Christmas tree made from her handprints that you see on the table.  So precious!

Then we made it over to Myla’s table!  She was so glad her daddy was there.

Me and Myla

This has nothing to do with the party, but I just had to include it.  Myla got this toboggan in her stocking last weekend, and Selah loves it! She has worn it a lot throughout this week.  When she puts it on, she just gets it on enough to stay on her head, so it is sticking straight up.  It matches her personality!

I cannot look at this picture without laughing.  The look on her face cracks me up.  She had confiscated a paci out of her bed that she wasn’t supposed to have!

Today we went to a “Happy Birthday Jesus” party at our friend, Mady’s, house.  I finally got a decent picture of the girls together before we left.  I was so excited!

Myla loved all the goodies they had to eat at the party.

Mady was a great hostess!

Sweet Sage…we live down the street from Sage and her family, and we have enjoyed getting to know them so much!

Kaitlyn – She and Selah are in the same class at MMO

Mary Katharine and her “cheese” smile.  She is in my class at MMO, and I love her to death!

Selah especially enjoyed the Oreos with the red icing in the middle!

Whitten – he is Mary Katharine’s big brother.  He and Myla are in the same class at MMO

Baby August – He is Sage’s little brother.  Selah has quite the affection for August, as you will see in a few pictures down.

Myla found a nice little get-up in the dress up box.  This was Mady’s size 18-24 month Halloween costume.  She thought she was looking GOOD!

Decorating her cupcake…she loves to decorate them, but doesn’t like to eat them!

Selah gave August LOTS of kisses!

I think he wanted more!

Seriously, it was out of control!

I finally made her stop because I was afraid she was going to knock him over, and as you can see, she wasn’t very happy!