Christmas was even more of a blast this year than last! With the addition of Amaya and Alex really starting to talk to show excitement over gifts, we had a great holiday and I hope you did too! Alex did quite well on Christmas, with several gifts from Santa and lots from relatives of course, and little Amaya didn't do half bad herself. His big present this year was a Fisher Price remote control train set. The boy loves, loves lobes,"choo choos" and he was shaking when he opened it. He plays with it first upon waking and it's the first thing he runs to when he comes home from daycare everyday. He's so cute with it too. He'll watch it go around the track and he'll say really loud, "Choo choo! All aboard!" LOL. We are guessing he heard that on TV or maybe it was in a book I read to him. Either way, it's adorable. Amaya's big gift from us (and keep in mind, Amaya is a newborn, so we didn't get her anything extravagent) was some girly velcro toys to attach to her carrier. Alex's were very boyish and kind of wore down from traveling so much, so we got her some purple flowers and hearts to play with. The kids also were very spoiled by their Aunts, Uncles, Grand-parents and Great-Grandparents. The only issue we had was where to store everything without me going nuts over the clutter! So we purchased a 9-cube storage system with some canvas boxes to store the toys and put it in place of the train table we used to have in the living room. I am very happy with it, and as son as I get around to taking a picture of it, I post it for all to see. My long-term plan is to turn the 4th bedroom downstairs into a playroom, but I probably won't get to start that project until Spring Break in April. New Year's Eve was also very fun this year. We went to Maria's house and had a little party with all of the wild kids. We played some very interesting games of bingo, ate some delicious food, nd then made it back before the ball dropped for bedtime! LOL. Then Abe and I played boggle until the ball dropped and vowed that our New Year's resolution is no babies in 2010, since 2008 and 2009 brought us our current little blessings. Hope you all had a great one, and good luck going back to work for us all--especially me!
Our tree after Santa came on Christmas Eve..with our best present of all in front!
Alex waiting patiently to tear into those presents!
Opening his train!
Amaya is getting her diaper changed while Alex is checking out how his train works
Julia on the little mermaid ride-on we got her
Our beautiful little girl--almost 2 months old!
Amaya with her Great-Grandma Glenrose
Alex loves his Pappy
The kids and their nana
Our new storage area in the living room..I love it!
Beautiful pictures from Christmas! It was so good to see Alex and Amaya for Christmas. Be sure to take a picture of Amaya and her birth cross-stitch because I forgot to bring a camera along when I visited at your mom's. Sounds like your Christmas was full of joy with your little ones. Good resolution for 2010--enough for awhile. Love to all of you.
ReplyDeletehahaha julia and alex look like they could be brother/sister:)
ReplyDeletethe train is cool! love the bins!!!!!!!!!
hey we were shopping in antique (aka- junk) stores in millsboro and i found this troll- he was small like ours, but in a LEATHER outfit. he was 10 bucks! so i had to pass- sorry girl!
OMG--It was like am S&M troll! LOL.
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