Christmas Morning 2010

Christmas Morning 2010
Carma woke us up around 5:30... she was so excited. We told her to try not to wake up before the sun came out. When I asked her why she was awake so early she said "I kept looking outside and it was dark, and dark and dark. Then SUDDENLY there were presents! It's CHRISTMAS!"

She is so cute, no one has better reactions than she does. Judson reluctantly let me take pictures of him. Wyatt got lots of Buzz things, so he was super excited.

Judson already knew most of what he was getting. He got a pair of Healy's, he knew he was getting Healy's but I told him they were going to be pink and black and that we could just paint over the pink..haha He believe me and was pleasantly surprised when they were black, red and grey. He got the coolest remote control helicopter, charcoal pencil and drawing set, and "Masters of Deception" book focusing on Esher. I love that he loves art! It is something we share a love of.

Carma got a tag reading system. I can't believe how much her reading has improved in just a week. I made her the apron she is wearing in this page. She loves it and loves helping me cook. She got some play food, but Wyatt loves it more that she does. He loves pretending to eat it. She lots of other little toys, most of which have lost the fun already. ( I don't like toys for this reason).

Wyatt got a Tag Jr, but we are sending it back b/c he like the Tag books better. The Tag jr books are too babyish for him. He got a Buzz costume, Toy Story games, drawing board, bowling sets and lot of other toys, also which have lost their zeal. (Did I mention that I don't like toys).

But we had fun. We were able to invite an elderly lady in our neighborhood, Katina over for She for both Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. I think we overwhelmed her b/c she only stayed 3 hours Christmas morning..hahaha. Poor Katina.

Luke 2

One of our families traditions are Christmas Eve PJ's. They open them right before bed. Thanks Juddy for the awesome face. NICE.

Here are a few of the grandchildren reenacting Luke 2. I wish I could have
captured them all, but DANG there are a LOT of grand-kids and it is
so difficult to get them all together. Of course I Photoshopped this one and
added some into this shot that weren't originally in this shot.
There are 25 grandchildren now, and congratulations Rachelle
who will be adding TWO more to the batch in 6 months. :) Yep,
Twins AGAIN!! That will make 7 for her!

I haven't posted any pictures of Christmas because I am still working on the pages. Here is the first one I have completed.
I have never really written about what we do at the T's house every Christmas Eve and I don't know why I haven't b/c I LOVE it. We have a candle light dinner followed by Luke 2 reenactment, read by Grandpa and played by the kids. Michael and I's first Christmas he was the donkey and I was Mary (I was really pregnant with Juddy). I laughed so hard as I rode on top of Michael's back into the livingroom. I look forward to Christmas Eve every year because of these traditions. We then end it by the gift exchange. This year we drew family names and the theme was board games. For years we used to draw individual names and get socks, which I like. But I really like the family board game idea. It was really fun and who can have too many board games?!

My new Camera

I got a new Canon Rebel Christmas!! I have been having so much fun with it. I want to take pictures all day now! This Camera is AWESOME! Thanks Michael.. YOU ARE SO NICE!

Here are some pictures of Amiee and her family. I was able to stop by and see them on the way home yesterday. She lives too far away from the interstate and was nice enough to meet me at McDonalds. It was so fun to hang out and spend time with her! Her kids are BEAUTIFUL and so cute. Jase was so cute and sweet. He said "I love you too Kiki" when I was leaving. AWWWW!

Congratulations Mommy Dana and Daddy Jared!!

My sister Dana has been waiting to be a mother for 11 years now. That is all she has ever really wanted to be, but it wasn't to be... until NOW! 7 months ago Jared's cousin, Katie, called them and said she knew the Lord wanted them to be the parents of her unborn child. Much to everyone's surprise, two weeks later they found out Katie was expecting twins. Double the joy!

Last week I recieved a call from Dana saying that Katie was in the hospital and that they would try to keep the babies in for as long as possible. The next day she was told they were going to take the babies on Dec 20 due to Baby A's water breaking and being distressed. Dana took the first plane out, unfortunately missing the birth by 2 hours.

Avery Marie was born near 10:00 weighing 3 lbs 15 oz and Makenna Marie weighing 4 lbs 7 oz.

The babies were immediately taken to the NICU, but only after 2 hours Avery, was breathing on her own. A little while later both were. Avery has learned to eat on her own pretty quickly, Makenna is a little slower, but still both babies are healthy and getting stronger. They seem to still be overstimulated very easily, so must only be held only at feedings every 3 hours.

I was able to go up for a couple of days. It was beautiful to see them. You can't even imagine how stinking cute these babies are!!!! They are teeeennnnyy tiny. I have never held babies this small. I felt as if I might break them as I burped them.

I am AMAZED at how calm Dana is about it all. She looks as if she has been a mother forever. She is just a natural. I am so happy for her!!!!!! You can see the contentment and joy on her face. She glows... AND... WHO THE HECK looks this beautiful after having twins???