Falalala [a recap of Christmas]...

we spent a majority of last week getting ready for Christmas!!  we received lots of goodies from ohio throughout the week from my family back home!!!!

if you couldn't tell --- ava is really into chapter books!!!!

our christmas weekend started on thursday afternoon, when ava and i headed to mansfield to spend the night with preston & sarah.  little mister got his second set of tubes and an adenoidectomy on monday,  and had a really rough couple of days :(  we thought he might like having ava to come and cheer him up ;)  we took the kids to kroger and they loved the car underneath the cart!

we had dinner and just hung out!  a perfect night ;)  on friday we spent time getting sarah's house ready for the first annual emerson cousin Christmas in between episodes of Barney and Elmo [p is obsessed!]

 i don't have any pictures from that night, but rest assured we had a blast!  We all brought an appetizer, drank wine [or whiskey depending on who you ask:)], played quelf, and had a chinese gift exchange.  fun times, people:)

on saturday, we had christmas with my mother-in-law at brad and sarah's.  the kiddos had fun opening presents.  there was also some good kolaches, donuts, and breakfast casserole!



we headed home on saturday evening and ava got to open her Christmas Eve present --- new pj's ;)  i struggled finding her Christmas PJ's, but thought these were super cute!

then we made santa his cookies and set them out on his special plate.

we still use ava's note to santa from two years ago.... pretty precious if you ask me :)

soon after it was time for bed, and time for santa and his elf to come and deliver ava's christmas present :)

santa left her a few goodies under the tree, and a big dresser in her room.  it cracks me up that she mentions the wii being new in her room [even though we've had it for a year, its just been in the living room!] if i would have know it was that easy, i would have told santa to not bother with the dresser :)

ava got to open her gifts from nana & papa [my mom & dad] on Christmas Morning too...here she is opening her nerf gun :)

we spent the morning lounging and playing with all of her new stuff before heading down to brad and sarah's for another christmas celebration with her [and my adopted] family :)  sadly, i left my phone at home so i don't have any pictures!  sarah got a few though --- and i am guessing they will be on her blog sometime soon :)

we had a wonderful christmas with family!  here's to a great 2012!!!!