Merry Christmas!!

Since it all starts today for us, our two day extravaganza,

I can say Merry Christmas now.  

Plus it's pretty certain I won't have time later.

Last night we got it all caught up and ready for today,

yes there was one major snag.

I had got Ava her main Christmas present off of

Craig's List, a purple princess starter bike.

We just needed to put the training wheels on it, 

clean it up a little & it would be good to go.

So last night at 10pm we discovered the lady 

gave me the wrong training wheels!

They didn't fit!!

John went out to find her (hopefully) a new purple

bike but it turns out everyone else got there first.

Thankfully he found some new training wheels 

that fit just fine.  Crisis adverted.  Daddy to the rescue!

We had a wonderful Christmas morning just the four

of us.  It was perfect.  We let Norah sleep in a little

and soaked all the fun up with Ava first.  We took

it slow, ate donuts, sipped on coffee & mimosa's 

and just enjoyed the wonder of what Christmas morning

is to a almost four year old.

She loved the bike!  She has been riding it all around 

our house ever since.  She also loved the hot wheels

daddy got her, almost as much as him! : )

Norah was next and honestly we didn't do much for

her, what is the point?  We got her a few gifts

but she mostly just played with the packaging and 

crawled around the house.

Tonight we go to the big family party, then tomorrow

morning we are off to my aunt's house first thing

at 9am and then to my mom's for the rest of the day.

So much fun to pack into two days.

This is not just Norah's first Christmas 

but also our first Christmas as a complete 

family.  I feel so blessed to have this 

wonderful family, my amazing husband and

these two perfect, happy little children.

I hope everyone has a truly blessed holiday

and a wonderful weekend.

Merry Christmas!!!