Hi everybody! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! We had big plans for the babies' first Christmas. Everything was going to be festive, fabulous, and oh-so-perfect (as perfect as it could be with two crazy babies, anyway). We were all very excited!
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Impersonating Santa.
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| Aren't we jolly? |
We set up our "Christmas tree."
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With the babies being so mobile, a real tree was out of the question. My plan was to set up a small tree after the babies had gone to bed on Christmas Eve. In the meantime, this was our "alterna-tree."
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| Never fear, the stockings were still hung for Santa to find! |
And then we went to visit the Big Man himself!
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| Santa and Will at the Mothers of Multiples Christmas party. Will wasn't too thrilled with the jolly old elf. |
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| Sydney definitely didn't enjoy her visit with Santa! Her sad little face just breaks my heart. |
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I'm sure we'll look back at this and laugh one day...
Things were going just as planned...and then the babies came down with the sniffles. We went to Mimi and Granddad's house for Christmas Eve festivities. We had yummy food and opened tons of presents. But you can tell by the pictures that the babies weren't their usual jolly selves! |
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| Funny face! |
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| All dressed up for Christmas! |
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| Uncle Brad got a smile from me! |
By this time, the babies were starting to get a little feverish. They were less than enthusiastic about opening their gifts.
But they did perk up a bit when Uncle Brad set up the ball pit he got them! Best present ever!
That night was rough for all of us. But even though I was up until 4:45 am with Will, Santa still managed to sneak down the chimney! Instead of waking up early, opening presents around a sparkly tree, and then enjoying the yummy monkey bread I had prepared for breakfast, the babies slept in shifts most of the day. They weren't awake at the same time until late that evening. We let them open their presents in snatches here and there throughout the day. The rest of their awake time was spent snuggling with us while we read books or watched "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse." I did manage to get a few pictures of them opening and playing with their loot.
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| Clackity-clack! This toy is noisy! |
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| Pretty bow! |
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| Not feeling so hot :( |
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| Daddy makes it better. |
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| Down, but not out! |
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| Teamwork! |
The next day Brady and I started to feel a little under-the-weather. Turns out we caught the bug, too! Unfortunately, we had to cancel our trip to San Antonio to see our South Texas family and friends. We were so disappointed! But we are feeling much better now and are up to our old tricks ;)
Even though our holidays did not turn out as planned, we feel blessed to have had two (sick) little ones to share them with.
That's it for this post! Be sure to check back soon...today is Will and Sydney's first birthday and there will be lots of great pictures to come!
