And it was a very Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Eve!

We had a great time on Christmas Eve in SP with the family. The kids had a big day playing outside, opening presents and just enjoying our Christmas Eve traditions. By the end of the night, they were very tired but luckily were still cheerful and full of laughter. It was a wonderful time!

Lia really took off walking on her own on December 23rd, the day before Christmas Eve. She was so proud of herself. Here she is perfecting her walk and giggling all the way!

Adi!

Lia and Brooke
Jackson playing his new guitar

The curly ribbon was a big hit with Lia!

Earlier in the day ....

Lia and her cousin Skylar

Lia and Jackson playing the piano with aunt Karen

Jackson helping Mema light the lantern for the porch

Fun outside on Christmas Eve

Getting ready for Christmas!

We have had so much fun getting ready for Christmas this year!!! We have watched Christmas movies, listened to Christmas music, read Christmas books and have basically lived "all things Christmas" since December 1st! Jackson and Lia have both done very well with the tree. They look at the ornaments and touch them occasionally but they haven't really bothered it otherwise. They do say "tree" and point to it nearly every time we walk into the room, and they love that they each have their own trees in their rooms. Jackson's is blue and Lia's is pink. Fun! They also like the Christmas lights and colors when we go somewhere that is decorated. They have also especially enjoyed their "Christmas Story" nativity set that their "Auntie Tonya" sent them from Louisiana. Jackson loves to have us make animal sounds for each of the stable animals but the sweetest part of all is how both Jackson and Lia know who Baby Jesus is and when you ask them they look for it and make the sign for "baby". Priceless.

This has always been one of my favorite times of they year and this year it has been even more special to share it with these two precious little ones!

Here are just a few pictures from the first couple of weeks of December.