Christmas Morning

Waiting on the stairs to see what Santa brought.

(I remember doing this all growing up and it's pretty fun to have my own clan now and be on the other side of the camera!)

Playing with new toys.

I think Carter was most excited to have his OWN candy to eat BEFORE breakfast.  :-)

Opening gifts from under the tree.

VIdeo of coming down the stairs.  I wish I would have kept filming!

*This last part is Sydney opening up her first bras.  Too public?  Maybe, but I just had to catcher her reaction.  She's been asking for a bra since she was 3...she thinks they are "SO beautiful!!".*

The 12 days before Christmas

Setting up the Christmas Tree.

Visiting Santa.

The Nativity.

Haha.  My sister Jacee was a wise man. 

Carter opening his Christmas Eve present.

New Jammies!

 Christmas goodies.

We bought tickets to the Boulder City Santa Train over a month in advance.

Sadly, the day of everyone but Sydney had the stomach flu.

She went with my mom and sister and they snapped a couple pictures.

Springs Preserve, Mermaids and MY BABY'S GROWING UP!!!

We took the kids to the Spring Preserve the week before Christmas.  

The week after Christmas we went to see the mermaids swim at the Silverton Hotel.

They were so fun.  They interacted with the kids through the glass and tried to steal kisses from all the boys.

My sweet baby Reese is already 4 1/2 months old!  WHAT?!?

He's such a cutie.

 We gave him his first taste of rice cereal on a spoon a couple weeks ago.  Our other kids all gobbled it up at 4 months...Reese wasn't so interested so we'll give it another shot in a month or so.  

(I can't rotate these pictures for some reason...)

 Watching the big kids play at the park.

He's trying really hard to get his fingers figured out.

Jackson came to me one day and said he was a lawyer monster.

?

I guess because he's wearing a bow tie??

This was Carter's first night out of the crib and bunking with Jackson.

He does great going to sleep, but now wakes up at 5 every morning.  

WAY too early for me.  Ugh!

 Cowboy Carter.

There's just something so cute about kids falling asleep while eating.

 We pulled the Bumbo out to let Reese try it out. 

Carter had to test it out first.

And Jackson.

Finally Reese.

Sydney and Jackson got to go shooting in Logandale the day after Christmas.