Christmas 2012

It was fun to have the girls with us for the Christmas Eve service this year.  Hannah has come with us every year, so we thought we'd try with Abigail too.  Our church has childcare for kids under 5, but the service is pretty family friendly. They both did really well...minimal wiggling a talking.  The service is mostly music which they both loved!  We talked to Hannah beforehand about being quiet and sitting still.  I brought paper and crayons but she was happy to hold her stuffed monkey.

We enjoyed spending Christmas Day with my parents and sister.  The day began by meeting for our traditional IHOP breakfast.  YUMMY!  Then we went back to my parents house so Abigail could nap while we opened gifts.  Sweet girl was still sound asleep when I went to wake her up...she even slept through opening the window shade and my mom taking a picture.  LOVE this photo though!!



Hannah definitely understood more about Christmas this year.  Nathan and I have chosen not to do the whole Santa thing, but she was super excited about opening presents.  She was even excited about passing out presents to everyone else.  The girls big gift this year was a play kitchen.  More on this in Hannah's post next month.  =) Abigail mostly got books and clothes, but she plays with all of Hannah's toys too.


We woke up to pouring rain Christmas morning, but by 1:30 or so it turned to snow.  They snow fell for several hours and was so pretty to watch.  After the girls naps we went out to play for a few minutes.  I didn't come prepared for snow so none of us were dressed warm enough.  G-Pa built a little snowman and put him on a plate for Hannah to hold.



All in all it was a really fun day.  We feel very blessed to be able to spend time with family and have them spoil our girls!