Christmas Eve Eve

Stephie and Haley opened up some amazing gifts from Julie and Papa tonight! The St. Louis grandparents are here to celebrate too; it is quite the festive weekend for us. Getting ready to tear into some presents......showing off the new Haley s'more...
...and a close-up...
Haley kept busy with her giraffe.
Whoa...that's a lot of gifts!
Cheese!
Break time. Ridin' the box with Mimi.
Sweet Haley by the fire.
Super baby!
Stephie's biggest gift of the night. What is it?!?
A doll house!
Awesome!!! As Stephie was going to bed, she said, "Good night! Take good care of my doll house, everyone!"

The beginning of Christmas!!!

Stephie and Haley went to Bobo's house today for an early Christmas celebration. But first, Stephie checked out the Christmas candles.
Wow, look at those presents!Stephie, Haley, and Chad...
...and Bobo with her girls.

Christmas gifts from Ally and Matthew

Hmmm...what's in the package?Whoa...Dora bandaids, a boa, stickers, chap stick, and matchbox cars? AWESOME.
And of course a new toy for Haley to chew on.
Thanks, guys!!!

Happy birthday Papa!

Happy 65th birthday to Papa! These pictures are from celebrating a few days early since we couldn't make it to Papa's actual birthday dinner (wait...you didn't want two screaming kids at your dinner?!?) Stephie thoroughly enjoyed her piece of cake. Only 3 1/2 more months until you can have some too, Haley!

First fire

We lit our fireplace in the family room for the first time this weekend. Stephie wasn't too interested in posing......so we gave up and took pictures of Haley alone instead.
"Oooohhhh, pretty, a fire, I want to eat it!"

Another Santa breakfast!

Stephie LOVES Santa Claus, and luckily, she has seen plenty of him as of late. This time we attended a breakfast with Santa that included crafts......and a hot chocolate station (YUM!)...
...slurp...Daddy let Stephie have marshmallows AND whipped cream. Whoa.
"Hi, Santa, I'm going to rip off your beard."
Did we mention that Stephie does not like to smile for the camera?
More treats for the girls. Christmas is coming very soon!

The Polar Express

While sweet Haley played with her toys...Stephie and Mommy went on a very special outing: the Polar Express train! All aboard in Glen Ellyn.
We rode all the way to the North Pole to pick up Santa.
Milk and cookies for a snack, what else?
Stephie with her new book. We rode on the top level of the train, "Just like Daddy."
There he is!
Showing off her Jingle Bell gift from Santa. "Thank you, Santa, I believe!"