Monday, April 11, 2011

Oh, what a fun mess!


Merry 1st Christmas to our sweet boy Emerson! He was thrilled to have Grandma Gette's shoulder to rest on during the chaos of the Christmas morning unwrapping activity

His little bottom tells of the special occasion
Our cute little Santa's helper, Eleanor

It was hard for them to wait and pose for this picture before they attacked the presents


Santa's little helper has her reindeer assistant, aka cousin Mikayla

Cousin Landon's toy is popular with the big girls too

You might wonder why we gave Eleanor a Halloween book for Christmas- well... Mikayla had visited in October and it became a new favorite for Eleanor, so we ordered it and it took a few months to arrive...

Thanks, Grandma Gette, for help in unwrapping a toy for Emerson- he wasn't sure what to think of all the Christmas things, but I bet next year will be a different story!

Mikayla can't wait to open this up and create some play-doh fun!

Thank you, Santa, for this ZhuZhu pet- she really wanted it!

Landon was ready to move all over the floor and tear the paper off the presents

She looks very deep in thought..."Hmmm, I wonder what else Santa brought me..."

Daddy loves his Little Debbie snack cakes that he only gets at Christmas time & sometimes at Valentine's day

Aunt Leanna gets extra help to unwrap her gift

These girls are hard-working & serious when it comes to unwrapping presents

Since it gets tiring, it helps to take a reading break (thanks Aunt Leanna for the books!)

Mommy was thrilled to get new dishes! Now we have a whole set again!

Thanks, Aunt Leanna, for one of my favorite games!

Aunt Jen found the perfect hat for me- it has my favorite monkey, Curious George

Daddy's new sweater vest could also be a dress on Eleanor

Grandpa Gette is really studying his new CD, The Avett Brothers, a NC band that Nakia enjoys- Grandpa seems to be enjoying it as well!

The princesses, Sleeping Beauty Mikayla & Sleeping Beauty Eleanor, enjoy some story time from Aunt Leanna- she is an expert book reader as a teacher

Later, Memphis also joined us and we checked out her new play tent- wish we could have taken it out of the box

Grand Daddy Pope looked a little like Santa with his beard- it tickled Eleanor when he hugged her


Landon shows how we all felt at the end of a fun & eventful day!


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