Here we are on our bed ready for stockings. Emma has been changed and fed and we are ready!
This has been our family tradition as far back as I can remember, opening stockings on Mom & Dad's bed. So, Martin & I have continued it. He also had a similar one, but "Father Christmas" left their sock by their bed. Now,we will continue it with Emma.
Emma had plastic bowls w/ lids,
wipeable bibs, a
sippy cup, bubbles... She mostly liked biting on the lids!
We blew a few bubbles right then and did more later and she loved watching them. She couldn't quite figure out what was happening when she reached for a ball looking thing and it popped each time.
Yes, I know, my eyes are closed yet again! The only one that shows my stocking stash.
Chai Latte tea, SD card reader, seam ripper, tape measure, thread, lipsticks, chocolates...
Martin and his stocking goodies: super glue, coffee, shower gel, car air fresheners, car magnet,
Raisinets, and this years Craftsman ornament (a level). He has collected a new one each year we have been together.
Stockings are over with and we have moved out to the living room. Daddy read Luke chapter 2 before we opened gifts. We read it out of the
NKJ this year, so I had to actually listen, rather than say it along with him. I didn't realize that I still knew it until one Sunday this month when Pastor Wolfe read it and I could say it all along with him!
We did Emma's gifts first, as she wasn't going to last too much longer. She is usually awake for about 1 1/2 hours and we were almost over that at this time! These fur lined boots are from her Grammy, to add to her extensive shoe collection! :)
Mommy got her these pop beads. The picture shows them as a necklace, but there is not quite enough in the box to actually do that!! We gotta get another set of them, as she does like playing with them now when she can only look, lick and chew. She will like them more as she gets older.
Here she is opening up her new ball. I found a ball that has rubber ring
thingys around it and this makes it easier for her to grasp. It has sounds, lights and music. She LOVES it!
Her main gift was a Johnny Jump Up. She has been doing the whole bouncy/ jumping thing for about 2 weeks when you hold her in an upright position. She will love this-at least we hope she does!!
A pose with Daddy just before
naptime. Gotta get some rest before heading off to Nana's for lunch!
Notice the pile of paper and stuff behind us! We need a maid service.
Martin's friend Dave sent him this cookbook. It is a
Marmite cookbook.
Marmite, you ask? What is that? UGH!! It is THE most disgusting stuff ever created! It is made from yeast extract and is used for a variety of things. He eats it spread on bread, like we would peanut butter. Definitely an English thing!
Here is my main gift. A
Cricut Jukebox. I have a
Cricut and the C
ricut Design Software and now I can add the Jukebox to that selection of
scrapbooking tools! Can't wait to actually set it up and use it!
Miss Jessika loves the tree. She sleeps under it almost everyday. Somewhere there is also a picture of
Jazmine, the other cat, under the tree.
Our Christmas breakfast: Monkey Bread ( I cheated this year and just bought it at
Wal-Mart rather than making it), tropical fruit salad w/ yogurt and OJ. Notice the mugs and plates. Fancy gold script on them says love on one and joy on the other. Love and Joy=
Lovejoy. Get it? :) Oh, and it was too warm for Martin to enjoy coffee, so we had OJ in the coffee mugs!
This has been our family tradition as far back as I can remember, opening stockings on Mom & Dad's bed. So, Martin & I have continued it. He also had a similar one, but "Father Christmas" left their sock by their bed. Now,we will continue it with Emma.
Emma had plastic bowls w/ lids, wipeable bibs, a sippy cup, bubbles... She mostly liked biting on the lids!
We blew a few bubbles right then and did more later and she loved watching them. She couldn't quite figure out what was happening when she reached for a ball looking thing and it popped each time.
Yes, I know, my eyes are closed yet again! The only one that shows my stocking stash. Chai Latte tea, SD card reader, seam ripper, tape measure, thread, lipsticks, chocolates...
Martin and his stocking goodies: super glue, coffee, shower gel, car air fresheners, car magnet, Raisinets, and this years Craftsman ornament (a level). He has collected a new one each year we have been together.
Stockings are over with and we have moved out to the living room. Daddy read Luke chapter 2 before we opened gifts. We read it out of the NKJ this year, so I had to actually listen, rather than say it along with him. I didn't realize that I still knew it until one Sunday this month when Pastor Wolfe read it and I could say it all along with him!
We did Emma's gifts first, as she wasn't going to last too much longer. She is usually awake for about 1 1/2 hours and we were almost over that at this time! These fur lined boots are from her Grammy, to add to her extensive shoe collection! :)
Mommy got her these pop beads. The picture shows them as a necklace, but there is not quite enough in the box to actually do that!! We gotta get another set of them, as she does like playing with them now when she can only look, lick and chew. She will like them more as she gets older.
Here she is opening up her new ball. I found a ball that has rubber ring thingys around it and this makes it easier for her to grasp. It has sounds, lights and music. She LOVES it!
Her main gift was a Johnny Jump Up. She has been doing the whole bouncy/ jumping thing for about 2 weeks when you hold her in an upright position. She will love this-at least we hope she does!!
A pose with Daddy just before naptime. Gotta get some rest before heading off to Nana's for lunch!
Notice the pile of paper and stuff behind us! We need a maid service. 
Martin's friend Dave sent him this cookbook. It is a Marmite cookbook. Marmite, you ask? What is that? UGH!! It is THE most disgusting stuff ever created! It is made from yeast extract and is used for a variety of things. He eats it spread on bread, like we would peanut butter. Definitely an English thing!
Here is my main gift. A Cricut Jukebox. I have a Cricut and the Cricut Design Software and now I can add the Jukebox to that selection of scrapbooking tools! Can't wait to actually set it up and use it!
Miss Jessika loves the tree. She sleeps under it almost everyday. Somewhere there is also a picture of Jazmine, the other cat, under the tree.
Our Christmas breakfast: Monkey Bread ( I cheated this year and just bought it at Wal-Mart rather than making it), tropical fruit salad w/ yogurt and OJ. Notice the mugs and plates. Fancy gold script on them says love on one and joy on the other. Love and Joy= Lovejoy. Get it? :) Oh, and it was too warm for Martin to enjoy coffee, so we had OJ in the coffee mugs! 
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I have so enjoyed all your Christmas memories this year. I like seeing all the pictures of the family. I know how busy we mom's get and I appreciate all the time you put into it.
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