Christmas morning is one of my favorite mornings of the entire year; I love the anticipation the most and I get giddy thinking about the magic of Christmas in the girls eyes :). The icing on the cake is that we have been able to be home for the last two Christmas's - there is just nothing like being home for the holidays :).
^ when we got back from Aunt Celeste's house, Santa mom and dad and Nonni laid everything out ;). we mostly went with dress up stuff same as last year because the girls are still into it (it makes me tear up when I look at these pictures because sometimes I think this will be our last year for dress up). ^
^ my mom had stockings all ready for the girls! ^
^ Santa ate cookies and milk and left the girls a note. Emma was particularly obsessed with leaving out milk and cookies for Santa.Santa also took Snowflake with him back to the North Pole ;). ^
^ last year we had to wake the girls up at 8am to get the day rolling so this year, I thought it would be more of the same. nope. they were ready to go right after 7 so we hung out upstairs while the downstairs gang got ready to celebrate. ^
^ two excited girls on Christmas morning!! ^
^ Emma could not focus on her presents until she knew what had happened to her milk and cookies :). she couldn't believe Santa could eat all of that! ^
^ Evsie's had been asking for a Stuffy and Hallie for a long time so she was pretty pleased ;). ^
^ and just like that the dress up started - have you ever seen a cuter lambie?!? let me just tell you, the answer is no! ^
^ Elena of Avalor was Emma's most requested dress. ^
^ my girls. ^
^ outfit changes. ^
^ after the girls looked through all their Santa stuff, they opened a few presents from me and Wes. Everly has been asking for a book with pictures of herself and I delivered :). ^
^ I think she really enjoyed it :). ^
^ Emma 'helped' Nonni get ready for breakfast! ^
^ could she be any cuter? ^
^ my dad sat down to play with the girls. ^
^ I would say, just like that breakfast is ready, but really my mom outdoes herself every year - the food was fantastic! ^
^ I included this picture solely to remind my dad to get a new coffee maker. his coffee maker might or might not have broken down on Christmas morning. he ended up googling stovetop coffee and made it in a pan, definitely a Christmas memory I will never forget. ^
^ stocking time! ^
^ at breakfast, we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus and blew out candles. ^
^ the girls opened way too many presents. ^
^ Emma wrapped Nonni a homemade gift to make sure she had something under the tree to unwrap. ^
^ new shoes and new outfits for the girls from my mom - the girls love these mary jane toms if you are in the market for shoes, they stay on their feet way better than regular toms in my opinion. ^
^ the outdoor fire after the Christmas morning shenanigans is one of my favorite parts of Christmas day. ^
^ the girls were a bit of a hot mess after afternoon showers, so we let them have a little downtime with my iPad... ^
^ while the adults enjoyed a glass of wine by the fire ;). ^
^ I looooove this picture of Emma and Nonni! ^
^ the sweetest duo! ^
^ Nonni and Lambie. ^
^ I looooove this picture! ^
^ the silliest duo ;). ^
^ Wes and I took a selfie. ^
^ the best Christmas pictures we could get ;), we sure do love this girl gang of ours :). ^
^ love this guy! ^
^ Everly was in the smooching mood. ^
^ :). ^
^ sharing strawberries with her lemur. ^
^ Elena put on her fancy dress for Christmas dinner ;). ^
^ we had a delicious lasagna dinner that my mom prepared. after dinner, we sang one last happy birthday to Jesus. ^
^ I sure do love our Bobbob :). Ahhhh, what a magical, special Christmas spent with the people we love the most! ^
What a sweet Christmas. I adore Everly in her lamb outfit. And that picture of Emma and the cookie plate is one of my favorites ever...pure magic.
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