Christmas Afternoon

Mommy's camera went missing once we packed up the truck to head to Great Uncle Mike & Great Aunt Crystal's so Aunt Amy took a couple pictures for us. Alex, Thomas, and Zoey had a great time together. They really are sooo cute together!!

After we left Rockbridge we headed home. Grandma & Grandpa Kershaw were waiting at our house for us. Alex showed them all his presents, but really he was just ready to spend a little time by himself. He didn't even want to talk to Mom & Dad he just wanted to sit quietly and play with his toys. He did that for a while and then it was off to bed!! We have another long day tomorrow!!

Family Photos

After church I insisted on getting a few family photos. Everyone was ready to change their clothes and the boys were ready to play with their toys, but we managed a few good ones!!

Christmas Morning!!!

Santa made a visit!!!

Thomas found a wig in the closet and

insisted on wearing it!!

Checking out the gifts!

Horsey on a Stick!!

Unwrapping presents

Ready for some Football!!

Santa brought Gabs the basketball shoes she wanted!!!

Thomas showing off his new horse and cowboy boots!!

We're starting to say 'Cheese' when getting our picture taken!!

Trying out the new potty chair.

Obviously, he's not quite ready yet!!

Gabbi & Thomas trying out the new piano bench Adam

made for their Christmas present.

Nana opening her gifts.

Poor Papa just hasn't been able to sleep

he had rotator cuff surgery.

Taking a ride in Thomas' new wagon.

Our family on Christmas morning.

Believe it or not we had 3 little kids that were good enough this year, that Santa stopped by and brought lots of presents!!! Alex really didn't get the whole idea of Christmas and Santa this year, but it didn't stop him from having fun!! He wasn't super interested in tearing open presents, but he was interested in playing with all the toys. He wanted us to open every box that contained a toy and take out every piece. It was a battle, but we enjoyed ourselves nonetheless.

Alex ended up with a Bears football helmet, an Elmo potty chair, a Little People Farm set, a horse on a stick, lots of books, a John Deere tractor/flashlight, a Buzz Lightyear toothbrush set, some clothes and slippers.

Mommy & Daddy got lots of nice gifts too! It's so great to spend time with the family and see the little o

Christmas Eve

Growing up we always had a tradition of getting to open one gift on Christmas Eve. It was always a new pair of pajamas. I decided to start the tradition for the little ones this year. Alex wasn't interested in opening his gift, so Thomas opened both his own and Alex's. Gabbi was awful excited about her warm fuzzy comfy pants!! She's such a sweetheart and read 'A Night Before Christmas' & 'Frosty the Snowman' to Alex before he went to bed!!

Of course we all had to go to bed early so that Santa could come and deliver gifts, but not before Gabbi and I set cookies and carrots out for Santa and the reindeer!!

Holiday Baking

To start things off Alex helped Mommy mix up a cheesecake. He absolutely loved watching the big mixer go round and round and round. He was disappointed when all the mixing was over with. At Nana's house Alex helped Nana bake a cake, but unfortunately we didn't realize he was helping. He managed to turn the temperature up on the oven to 500 degrees. I had saw him by the stove and shooed him away, but didn't realize he had got a hold of the knob until smoke was rolling out of the oven and the cake was a goner!! This makes 2 years in a row that Great Grandma Meehan didn't get her fruit cake! As you can see Alex tried a bite anyway and offered a bite to anyone who was interested!! It wasn't good though!!!

Uncle Jacob and Nana made tons of different cookies and Alex had no problem sampling them all! It's almost like Alex knew he wasn't supposed to eat anything but junk!!!

Baby it's Cold Outside!!

After coming home from church tonight Alex insisted on playing outside. This baby just doesn't seem to care that it's cold outside!! Thankfully play time only lasted about 5 minutes!!!

All in a Day!!

Today Mommy had some help doing the laundry. We were even able to get in a game of Peek-a-Boo too!! Of course later in the day we also got in trouble for trying to get knives out of the dishwasher!! A little too dangerous we think!! So I figured we needed to document the some not so happy times at the Kershaw house!!

We did have an over all happy day, because we had lunch with Nana!!! We went to church and had tacos for supper. Now we're hanging out watching some football. Today we will be another great day of relaxing!! We even already have blueberry muffins made for breakfast in the morning!!!