Christmas 2008

Our Christmas began at 2:30 am when Lilly decided that she needed to get up and eat dinner! I was feeling unusually generous for that time of morning and we got up and made her eggs and toast. She then decided that she was good to go for the day. I of course was not ready to go and so we tried to convince her that Santa can't come visit if she isn't asleep in bed. We let her stay up a little longer and finally got her in bed again at 3:30 am. Thankfully she slept until 8:30 the next morning! When she woke up we all got out of bed and headed into the living room to see what Santa had brought. Lilly sure must have been a good girl this year! The first thing she saw was a baby stroller and carrier. She went directly to it, grabbed it and said "bye mom!" We tried to tell her that she had more presents to open and she just said, "No Presents!" So we just let her go. It didn't take long before she came back and decided that yes she did want to open more presents! We had a great morning! It was our first Christmas alone and we couldn't have enjoyed it more. It was especially nice to be able to focus on Lilly one last time before Molly comes home. We enjoyed the day (which seemed to pass far to quickly) and then got ready for Christmas dinner. My brother J.R. came and had dinner with us. I must have done my job because everyone was so full we didn't even get to dessert or even think about it until almost 1:00 am! We had a great dinner and then played Risk with my brother for a majority of the evening. We had a wonderful time! Thanks for visiting J.R.


Lilly checking out her stocking

Leaving with her new stroller

Opening her Mr. Potato Head. She loves to play with it!

Opening her new dress up clothes. What better way to get the make believe and imagination going!

Aaron's new watch. It has a cool orange face on it!

I got a Nintendo DS for Christmas! I also got Brain Age and Crossword. It is really fun!

One of Lilly's new outfits that she got from her Grandma and Granddaddy Haws. We sure love it!