| Christmas is our family's favorite time of the year! All of the hustle and bustle, family time, gifts, gift-giving and CHRISTMAS MUSIC :)  |
| Our stockings hung and our tree before the lights and ornaments were put on! |
The tree Lucas is seen playing with on the left was a tree made out of felt. Aunt Katharyne and I found the idea on Pinterest and we thought Lucas would enjoy it. He did really enjoy taking all of them off of there, but I think the concept will come to life next year when he is a little older. The tree on the right was one I put together with masking tape (again thanks to Pinterest for the idea).
I used it to display the Christmas cards we received from our family and friends.
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| This "Little People" Nativity Scene was a gift to Lucas from the Long's on Christmas 2011! He really enjoyed playing with all 18 pieces and spreading them all throughout the house for Mommy to find! ;) |
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| This year we got together with Aunt Kimmy & Jacoby and made Gingerbread houses. Well, Aunt Kimmy & Mommy made the houses, the boys ate the candy and made a mess! |
This year the Holidays were busier than usual--Well, they just seemed like it!! We had to constantly watch Lucas because of his obsession with the Christmas lights.
Our first Christmas get together took place after Lucas's birthday party. Matt's aunts and uncles, cousins, parents and sister all got together! We had tacos, guac, chips & salsa! We played games and exchanged gifts. It was a new tradition that we hope to continue throughout the years!
Our second Christmas get together was at Nonna & Papa's house. 3 of Jeff's siblings and most of their children/grandchildren were there for the gift exchange this year! LOTS OF PEOPLE, BUT LOTS OF FUN. We did the gift exchange a little differently, everyone brought a gift that was up to $30 and we separated them into mens, women and unisex piles. We were each given a word and that would determine the order of picking gifts as Nonna read, "Twas the Night Before Christmas".
Then once the story was over and everyone had a gift we opened them up and could switch if we wanted at the end. Matt got his own gift: Sour Apples to Apples. I originally opened a watch, but traded with Lindsay for a Starbucks gift card and peanut butter M&M's. (Who could resist that?)
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| Uncles and their nephews! :) |
Lucas & Easton--I love you little boys! Cannot wait to see you grow up together and get into trouble!
Our next gathering was Christmas Eve at Grandma & Grandpa Warren's house! The whole gang was there and we had a great time spending time with them this year since we missed being able to last year. (Thanks Lucas haha!) We ate WAY too much and then opened gifts. The most memorable moments were when Hunter opened a gift meant for me--All grandma could see was the H-----R and gave it to Hunt-Man. Ooops! The other was watching Garrett open his toys! He was at the PERFECT age and kept saying things like "WOW, WOAH, COOL, MOM LOOK, MOM LOOK!"
Picture on left: Grandparents and their grand children! Picture on right: Lucas and Garrett playing together!! I think these two will definitely be little trouble makers together in the upcoming years!!
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| Christmas Eve at the Warren House! |
Christmas Eve we stayed at Grandma & Grandpa Dunn's house. We each got to open one gift, thanks to our tradition!! When we woke up Lucas was still sleepy! We got ready and he ate some breakfast, then we all went back to Nonna & Papa's for muffins and mimosas with the family!
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| Lucas's personalized stocking for at Grandma & Grandpa Dunn's House! Below is pictures of Lucas with Mommy & Daddy on Christmas morning! |
| We had all already opened our stockings & exchanged other gifts & Nonna & Papa's, but Matt missed it so he opened his. We got socks, toothbrushes and a few other odds and ends. Stockings are our ULTIMATE favorite as a family.  |
| Nonna tried really hard to get each of us stockings that represented us--Matt's literally fit his size 14 foot! |
So fun!
After muffins and mimosas we went back to Jim & Audrey's!
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| Christmas morning Auntie put him in the present pile to show the change over the last year!
Lucas was asleep when we got there, so we let him nap and started our gift exchange without him. Our gifts this year were PERFECT! We were especially impressed and touched by the memorial book made by Grandma Audrey for us about Lucas's first year! So stinkin' cute and it really made me cry seeing all of your kind words! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart! <3
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Once Lucas woke up we let him open his gifts. This year he enjoyed playing with the paper rather than seeing what was wrapped inside. So mommy did a lot of his unwrapping for him! The coolest gift was his own personal recliner! No more watching TV or movies standing up!
His hat from Auntie Kat & he was everyone's perfect present!
With lots of love,
Matthew, Heather & Lucas!
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