We had such a great Christmas this year... Honestly, I can't think of the last time we had a bad Christmas, but whatever! The kids woke up to open all of their presents from Santa. Some of the highlights included basketball hoop for Zac, Tech Deck ramps and skateboards for Hayden, Hermit Crabs for Hayden {which were later returned and replaced by the Leopard Gecko}, Bryn and Hayden both got iPod shuffles, and so much more!
I was able to surprise Andy {with a bit of help from his Dad} with an iPad! This was the best surprise ever and I was so glad I actually pulled it off! Andy and I were not doing gifts for each other this year - we never do - and yet we both end up somehow getting awesome gifts! Andy got me a gorgeous Nativity {I collect Nativities and this one is my new favorite!}, he got me a new point and shoot camera, and The Incredible Shrinking Woman on DVD! It was really a great day!
We had our annual Christmas brunch at our house - it was just as tasty as ever. We invited out cute neighbors Jeff and Diana over with their cute little baby Ty!
Ty and Mia together!
We spent the day being very lazy - letting the kids play and watch movies, playing Twister, until dinner which was a huge buffet of really awesome appetizers, etc...
I might add that Meredith and Steve were the only adults to actually play Twister!
After brunch we headed over to Aunt Shelly and Uncle Joe's house for more present opening! All of the kids wanted a pillow pet for Christmas and so Aunt Shelly delivered!
After we opened presents, Uncle Joe pulled out his annual bag of Christmas goodies! Each was labeled and we each got to choose numbers to determine what our gift would be... there was much trading and bartering with Andy ending up with the canned ham!
We finished the night with a rousing game of "Hot Rudolph" {Like Hot Potato only you play with a rudolph toy that lights up and when it stops playing music and lighting up, you're out!}
Pretty much Zac was the best player ever!!!
The night was capped off with a viewing of The Incredible Shrinking Woman, a perfect ending to a perfect day...
Ty and Mia together!
We spent the day being very lazy - letting the kids play and watch movies, playing Twister, until dinner which was a huge buffet of really awesome appetizers, etc...
After we opened presents, Uncle Joe pulled out his annual bag of Christmas goodies! Each was labeled and we each got to choose numbers to determine what our gift would be... there was much trading and bartering with Andy ending up with the canned ham!
We finished the night with a rousing game of "Hot Rudolph" {Like Hot Potato only you play with a rudolph toy that lights up and when it stops playing music and lighting up, you're out!}
Eating his cupcake
He and Mia eating a cupcake and the mess they made!
What the heck? Seriously... Zac used to be the cleanest baby... Not so much now.
Just for good measure we better include a picture of Mia's dirty face!
And finally, I remember these days like they were yesterday...
My only child who actually liked the pickle the first time we gave it to her! 
The other day she was so happy just crawling around and playing - it made me happy too!
She managed to find someone's marker on the floor... Hmmm...
The first glance I had of the marker!