I meant to post part of this post before Christmas, but I ran out of time with all of the shopping and hustle and bustle. So, here we go on a very long post that includes all of our
Christmas events from both before and after!
First, our Christmas card! I was very please with how it turned out! We had some professional pictures taken that we used that turned out great. A special thank you to my Mom for literally jumping around during the photo shoot to get Annie to smile in almost every single picture! :)
We had a sweet first Christmas as a little family of 3!!!
Annie had to see Santa Clause of course so we took her to see him at the Lighting of the Tree ceremony in our neighborhood! It was a fun night visiting with neighbors and waiting in line to see Santa!
Unfortunately, we didn't get any great pictures.
She was really tired at this point. Thankfully, she was not scared yet of Santa!
You can also see Brad's shadow across Santa's lap which doesn't make for great pictures.
After seeing Santa on Friday night, we were ready to get our tree.
On Sunday, we went to the local tree lot and picked one out!
These twin 12 year old boy scouts were very helpful!
Love this picture of Brad and Annie!
The tree turned out great especially with all of the presents wrapped and ready to go on Christmas Eve!
Brad and I got Annie this white, adirondack baby swing for our front porch!
I can't wait to hang it and let Annie try it out!
We followed our usual Christmas traditions again this year which starts with Christmas Eve service at our church. It is such an amazing service with the church beautifully decorated and a special brass band to go along with the music!
After church, Brad and I joined his family at Stix for dinner. It was not the best timing for Annie so she and I ended up leaving early from dinner so that she could eat and nap. After everyone else finished dinner, we all exchanged presents!
We finally got some great pictures with Brad's family!
We loved having Grandma in town this Christmas!
Annie loved her first Christmas Eve!
She stayed up all night without a nap but was in such a great, happy mood!
Everyone took a turn cuddling with the baby!
Grandma had her laughing out loud!
I love this one of JoJo and Annie!
On Christmas morning, we headed to my parents house to exchange gifts by the fire and
eat our yummy Christmas morning breakfast! Afterwards, we went to my Aunt Janet's house to meet up with our extended family for a meal and a game of Dirty Santa.
I hardly took any pictures all day with my family. I did capture Jeffrey playing the guitar for us. He is so good and we are all so glad to have a musician in our family! Too bad this is just an iPhone pic. I will have to get a better one with my camera.
Annie loved hearing and watching Jeffrey play! She was entranced!
I also took these of Grandmax (my grandfather) and Annie! I love them!
Overall, we had a wonderful Christmas that was extra special with Annie! Thank you to both of our families for all of our wonderful presents! We love you all!
