Christmas Eve- pt 2

After the celebration with my family, we headed home to have a celebration of our own. Opening PJ's on Christmas Eve has been a tradition for me forever, so I definitely wanted my kids to experience the same thing. We also let Zoe open a new Christmas book, which she absolutely loved (she's such a bookworm)!! Zoe put out cookies and milk for Santa and we laid in our bed and read her new Christmas book and then went to sleep nice and early so Santa could come and we would be refreshed for all of the Christmas Day excitement!!

Excited to open her first present!


Opening her PJ's!!


Opening her book (Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Christmas)


Milo sound asleep in his Christmas PJ's

Holiday Recap - Christmas Eve (pt 1)

So sorry for the delay in holiday posting. Things have just been so crazy around here!! Our first Christmas as a family of 4 was very exciting! We began the holiday celebration with our annual Christmas Eve party at Uncle Doug's house. This is my favorite pre-holiday tradition. It's just so nice to have everyone in the same place at the same time. We had lots of good food and we definitely went to bed on Christmas with full tummies! Milo spent most of the evening charming everyone with his cute smiles and giggles and Zoe spent most of the evening chasing after Molly the dog. It was a great way to get her energy out after being snowed in for most of the week.

Siblings (some of them)


Our little family


Kids with their Gigi and Poppy


Milo with Dobbie and Grandpa Mark


Me & Ray

merry christmas...

...from our family to yours.



{god bless us, every one- tiny tim}

milo was feeling neglected

With all of the posts on holiday festivities that require baking skills or at the very least basic communication skills, Milo was feeling a bit neglected.

Here he is, showing off his talents:





{i heart him}

zoe: domestic godess

We took advantage of the snow day by letting Zoe bake/decorate some Christmas cookies. She loved telling us about each shape ("look, its a snowman, its frosty!") and was super excited to be able to play with the colored sugar and various other confections.



The cookies were delicious (yes, thats past tense, there's only 2 left!) and we cant wait to make more!



Ian also decided that it would be fun to make a paper chain to add to our tree decor. He, Zoe and I colored on paper and cut them into strips and Ian linked them together to create a really lovely addition to our tree.





Milo spent most of the day cuddled up on my lap, laughing and smiling.



It was such a wonderful winter day.

{hugs}

blizzard (and not the DQ kind)

Winter officially arrived this weekend with the dumping of almost 2ft. of snow in our area. It snowed for about 24 hours and we loved every minute!! Ian didn't have to work so we were able to cozy up indoors and just enjoy the scenery.




Zoe loved watching it fall and got a kick out of watching Ian shovel(and make snow angels). It was a bit too blizzard like to let her play outside, but we plan to do that tomorrow.



The snowfall makes the city look so peaceful and clean, such a nice change from the grit.

more family visits...

While we were in VA, we visited my Aunt Sharyn and Uncle Bill. They were so excited to see Zoe and to finally meet Milo!



Zoe had so much fun playing with all of the toys and she just loved their dogs, Hayes and Chewy.



By the end of the visit Zoe was calling them "Grandma" and "Grandpa". So funny.