christmas!

Brandon and I have said so many times this year, "Christmas is so much more fun now that we have children!"  Seeing Christmas through a child's eyes is better than I could have ever imagined.  Lucas was totally into it this year.  From our neighborhood's Christmas lights to decorating our own Christmas tree to reading Christmas books and playing with his manger scene, he was all about Christmas all the time.

When we had Addy's newborn photos taken, our amazing photographer snapped this picture of our two sweet babies.  Immediately after she took the picture, she said "oh my gosh I just got your Christmas card picture."  And sure enough, bam.

Left you speechless, right?  Whew.

Lucas wrote a letter to Santa this year with Brandon's help...and I must explain the shark.  He saw a toy at Target that he named the shark.  It's a big bath tub boat with a cage that drops down into the water to catch a shark.  So it has been appropriately named "shark" when it comes to making Christmas lists.  And a cement truck and a fork lift?  That's all he talks about.  I love it.  These three gifts have remained constant, even when Lucas talked to Santa at the mall.  Santa is thankful for the consistency, little buddy!

MiMi and PaPa came to our house for a few days before Christmas and were able to go to Christmas at DPAC with us.  It was so fun!  Then Nana and Poppy came on Christmas Eve and stayed until we all left on the 26th to head to Asheville.  It was so helpful to have them here to help us get on the road for our first road trip...details to come in another post.

But for now, Christmas!

[Trying to get these two to both look at the camera is equivalent to trying to get a herd of cats to all look at the camera...yikes.]

So thankful our mantle has 4 stockings hanging on it this year.

Santa (a.k.a. Poppy) brought Lucas a Jeep.  A 2-seater so that he can have space for Addy one day.  Pray for us, please. 

 

 The long awaited cement truck!!!

And this is what happens when you try to get a picture of your precious children on Christmas morning in front of the tree after the eldest has gotten into his stocking candy.  The infant ends up with blue sticky rock candy on her head.

This picture perfectly sums up our Christmas day clan.  These are my people, and for them I am so thankful!

I am so thankful for this Christmas season and for the little Baby that came to earth to save me.  I pray that my kids understand the magnitude of Christmas soon, and grow to love the Baby who changed everything.

Merry Christmas, friends!