Christmas day

We woke up around 6:30 (actually later than we expected), and rushed into the den to see what Santa brought the girls. CC and Emory were beyond excited about all they got.


They both got guitars and CC got a microphone that changes your voice. She LOVES it and sings Justin Beiber's "Baby" song over and over and over and over. Thanks Santa:0


Emory got another ishy!


Then we remembered the carrot. It was raining pretty hard, so Bryan and Emory ran outside to get it. Funny picture of Emory:) She was so excited about the carrot that when we told her to pick two things to take to Aunt Paige and Uncle Robert's house, she chose the carrot as one of her presents to take.


CC did some shopping at her school's Santa Shop. She got Bryan a blue mug and me a chocolate scented heart candle.


She also painted me a vase. She did it when we went to make Daddy and allt he grandparent gifts. She went into another room to paint it secretly so I wouldn't know what it was. She was so proud of it, as she should be- it was absolutely beautiful. Now I need some flowers to put in it:)


We made monkey bread, like we do every Christmas morning. Emory was a big help and LOVED eating the brown sugar.


Then Mimi and Granddaddy came over to open more presents. Emory got more peaches and jelly, which still got the best reaction of any of the presents she got!!!!


we're going to have to get her peaches and jelly every Christmas from here on out...maybe one day she'll be able to tell us WHY she wanted peaches and jelly:):)


I don't think she could have been any happier.



After naps and showers, we headed to the cousin's house for Christmas dinner and more presents.




The girls got Alabama cheerleading outfits. Emory put hers on immediately- don't worry...she knows it's just a silly costume and that she really cheers for Auburn. We just have to somehow get her to stop saying "I like Alabama":):):)


Christian was so happy since she got everything she wrote to Santa about. Although, she's a bit confused b/c she wants to make everyone happy and she's finding that half the family likes Auburn and half like Alabama. I guess now she has both outfits to wear whenever she wants!!!!

It was yet another great and perfect Christmas with our families...great ages for the kids and it's fun being Santa (just a little stressful and we still can't remember where we hid a few of the presents- ha!! maybe by next Christmas we'll locate them:):)

PS- since Christmas Eve turned chaotic, we forgot to leave Emory's pacifiers to Santa. So, Christmas night we gave them to Aunt Paige's baby in her belly. Emory walked right up to her belly and stuck it on her belly button!!! Aunt PAige told Emory she would buy her ANYTHING she wanted if she went 3 nights w/o a paci. Emory said she wanted a blue lollipop (the girl doesn't ask for much!!!) We are on night 4 w/o one and has a blue lollipop coming her way:):) She did find one hidden in her bed during nap, but confessed ("I put it in my mouth mama to go to naptime, tay"). She does wake up WAY earlier now and cried hysterically the first 2 mornings for her paci, but it seems to be getting easy as the days go on. I'm kinda sad that our baby isn't a baby anymore......potty trained and no paci:(:(
Thanks Aunt PAige for letting us use your baby/belly button to get rid of our paci. Let's hope she doesn't snatch it out of the babies mouth come February:):):)