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Christmas morning was full of hustle and bustle. We found Addison in dried throw-up at about 5:15 am, got her cleaned up and put to bed with us. That lasted about 5 minutes. The other kids woke up by 5:45, so we just decided to get up. I love this picture of the only sleepy head left!! :)




The bounce house was a hit, but Andrew was the one who loved it the most that morning. The other kids were so excited to see EVERYTHING that it was hard for them to calm down enough to enjoy it!


They would go back and forth between their stockings and the bounce house. However, later they were pretty excited to be able to set it up in their room. Evan was so surprised that we actually got to keep it and not return it somewhere.


Addison with her stocking contents.


Andrew started in on his apple as soon as he saw it.


I know that Addison had just thrown-up, but it seems to have been just a one time thing for most the kids, so I wasn't worried about her eating her stocking snacks. They were having a great morning!



Evan in his toy story wings and blanket. Brayden is also in his on the floor. I couldn't get one such things without getting it for the other!



Brayden and his puzzle. The ship zooms around the whole puzzle once it is put together. Brayden had fun with it.



Cute Addison getting in to whatever she can while everyone is distracted with presents.



I finally sat her on my lap to open up the rest of her presents. She's so cute.


Andrew doing the same thing as Addison. Wondering what he can get into!! He didn't know what to play with, unless Addison was playing with it first (and vise versa!).



I had Josh put Andrew on his lap to open the rest of his presents.



This is just a cute video of Addison and Andrew looking at stuff and walking around. I just like watching their little legs walk. They were happy for the freedom of the morning, usually they are contained more. It was very fun for them!


This is Evan and his guitar. He loved it and couldn't believe he had his very own guitar! Now to figure out how to teach him to play it when I don't even know myself!! Thank goodness for the internet!


I will post a little later about the present Josh got for me. It is SPECTACULAR!! Overall, we had a great Christmas and hope everyone else did too!!

Oh Christmas Eve, how fun you are!! We had a great day today! We went caroling to deliver some goodies, made sugar cookies, and ate sugar cookies with hot chocolate!


The kids LOVED decorating the cookies.


Brayden is serious about his decorating!! :)


Both working hard.


The brown ones are actually hot chocolate chocolate chip sugar cookies. Pretty impressed with how good they were. I think they turned out to be everyone's favorite.
Every Christmas Eve after the Nativity story and our spiritual thoughts, and our singing, we all open one present. . . PJ'S!!! I make them each year, and this year was the year of red flannel backed satin!

Evan loved them!


Both boys are so cute!


Brayden calls them his slippery pajamas. He's been waiting awhile to get to wear them. He had to watch me make them the most out of anyone because he is home during the day. He's a good sport.


Here we all are!! Auto picture worked better than I thought it would. Don't you just LOVE Addison's cheese! She isn't crying here, she is saying cheese. She's so funny. Andrew on the other hand was just ready for bed. Aren't we a BRIGHT family this year!!

Now that the kids are in bed we got to play Santa. SO FUN!! I hope they are as excited as I am. I could wait to see how this all looked.


I put out the rest of the presents, and pull all the ones out from under the tree. This way it gives off a great effect. The kids will be surprised. You may be asking yourself. . . is that a bounce house? Why yes it is!! We found it for a GREAT deal on black friday and I COULD NOT resist. It blows up in less than a minute, and goes down in less than five minutes. It's not too loud, and it fits perfectly in our house! It isn't even as tall as I am so it is perfect for the kids!! SO EXCITED!! I forget how excited I get for them to get down here. I hope I can sleep.


Doesn't it just look so FUN!!

Well, we hope everyone has a great Christmas tomorrow!! I'll post about that later!


MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

So, in order to not be behind when Christmas arrives, I must post a few pictures. It's been a fun month thus far. . . and the funnest part is yet to come!


This is me and my Princess. I, unfortunately, had already changed out of my Sunday clothes, but not Addison! She is so cute! I am really lucky to have her!


This handsome fellow is such a charmer!! He smiles for everyone and is SO sweet! We love him and are very grateful to have such a wonderful little boy!



These are two of my more favorite pictures of Addison in her cute dress.


This is what Addison wore on her Daddy's birthday. She looked beautiful once again!! (Thanks Abbe for the cute dresses!!)



This is Josh on his birthday! He got a Millennium Falcon from the kids. They all love it!
He also got some headphones and a new mouse. . . boring, but what he asked for!! I made him GIANT chocolate chip cookies instead of a cake. He loved them! Over all it was a good day, or so he says!! :)


This is Josh with his helper. She helped him open all his presents. Which is apparent below in the next pictures.


Andrew coming over for a turn.


Andrew wanted to help too. Addison only let him have the present for a few seconds, but he was happy with that.


See, he is just watching now. He didn't even try to take it back!! So sweet.


Did I already post this one??? Well, it's just super cute with that tongue out and all, so there it is again!!

So, can you believe it all started like this. . .

One year ago (the 27th of November) I went from way HUGE (yes, I know!! Can you believe I was THAT pregnant? It still shocks me!) pregnant to
this cuteness. . .


and this cuteness. . .


and we can't forget the cuteness of both these pictures!!


From sleeping angels to. . .

CRAZINESS!!! Look how big!! Now they eat food and lick beaters, drink milk, and move, move, move!!



Saturday morning they woke up to shaped pancakes, chocolate beaters, and a whole pile of presents and cards.





This is a cute video of them "opening" their presents.



and another one of them playing with the present from Grandma and Grandpa Dance.



They loved the table


Addison liked the turtle as a pillow while eating the balls.


She was also a VERY good helper to her Dad while he put the walker together.


They were glad to try it out once it was all done.


Video of Andrew trying it out.


Andrew thought it was fun!


After their nap they got to have a snack in their NEW chairs. We are so happy to have them. The last chairs they had were good, but they had out stayed their welcome. Best thing about these chairs. . . dishwasher safe!


Andrew tested them out thoroughly to see if he could escape. He couldn't.

Then it was on to cupcakes and ice cream (after dinner of course). I had a hard time coming up with a cake to make, so we just stuck with the cute cupcakes and called it good. They didn't know the difference since they are just 1.




They couldn't help staring at them and trying to get them ahead of time.


video of "blowing out the candles".



Video of them getting their cupcakes. Pretty cute stuff.



One of my favorite video's of them eating the cupcake. Andrew is eating it off the table. WAY CUTE!!!

The final results were classic.

Andrew is always the one to get a bit messier a bit faster.


However, Addison does her best to keep up.

Happy Birthday my two cutie pies!! A year ago we couldn't imagine life with you! Now it's impossible to imagine it without you!! We love you both VERY much!