Kody, Corby and Addison: Addie's first Christmas!

We had an amazing first Christmas with Addison! She is such a joy and has the best smiles that just melt my heart! This girl is a trooper...Saying that her sleep schedule was kicked to the curb over the Christmas weekend is an understatement. We started out our Christmas by attending our candle light service at our church. Kody had to play the keyboard, so we weren't able to skip out on it and go to our home church. The service was amazing and had so many special parts to it including a kids live nativity scene. So sweet! I decided to keep Addie in the service with me instead of putting her in the nursery, so that she could see her daddy play. She loves music so I figured she would enjoy it. She did pretty good! We left church right when it was over, which was a little after 7 and drove 2 hours to my aunt and uncles house in Lumberton to try and make our family Christmas party. We ate, did our gift exchange and visited for a while. By this time Addie's sleep has been all messed up. She usually goes to bed around 7. She slept the whole 2 hour drive but we woke her up when we got to the party. We left there around 11. She slept the 20 minutes in the car to my parents house and then was wide awake at their house. We finally got her to sleep around midnight! whew!

We spent Christmas morning at my parents house. We all got so many nice things. It was so fun seeing all the fun toys that Addie got. I think I was more excited about them than she was. Something new to play with! yay! The most exciting surprise of the morning was seeing my dad surprise my mom with a new car! I had no idea that she was getting it! I am so happy for my mom. She has never had a new car and has been driving the same suburban for 15 years! She deserves it more than anyone I know! Good job Dad! We left their house around 3 and headed to Kody's parents house. Kody's brother and sister and their families came in later on that day. Once we got the kiddos to bed, which Addie was the first one out at 7:00 on the dot, (she slept till 7:40 the next morning too!) we had Christmas with the adults. It was nice opening gifts without all of the craziness of the kids. The next morning we had Christmas with the kids.

We are so blessed and had such a great Christmas spending it with all of our family.

Beware: Picture overload! I got a new lens so you know what that means! Pictures, pictures, pictures!! :-)