Neighbor Christmas Gifts

Here is a picture of SOME of the neighbor gifts we received during Christmas time. I have been so impressed with the friendliness of this neighborhood and feel so blessed to be around such kind people who remember me and my family during the busy time of the Christmas season. Growing up I never remembered having people drop by fun treats during the Christmas season so this was very new to me and helped me to feel more of the Christmas spirit.

She Just HAD to go on a Walk OUTSIDE!

So the second Lena opened up her new mini stroller, she put her baby in it and headed straight for the door leading OUTSIDE!!! We convinced her to take her baby for a walk around the kitchen and that lasted for a while. Well, after that while she continued to insist that she take her baby on a walk outside. So I bundled her up and let her get her outside time with her stroller. It was so much fun to see her walk around her baby just like I walk her around in a stroller. She LOVES pushing things and had a ball with this stroller. :)

Christmas

Oh boy was this a busy day! First we got up and got ready to go to church and attended sacrament meeting before any of the presents were opened. It was really nice to be able to start the day off with a reminder of what Christmas is REALLY about.

After church we cam home and opened presents. I just have to say is we were SO blessed this year. Everyone was so generous and we are so grateful for the kindness that they have shown us. Lena also received PLENTY this Christmas. Let's see if I can remember everything that she got:

-Baby Doll (We caved and got her one :) Even after all that talk about Randy being creeped out by them and not wanting Lena to have one. :P

-Baby Doll stroller, play pen and accessories (from us)

-Block train (from us)

-Books (from us)

-Kitchen stuff (anything you could ever think that you would need to use in the kitchen! from Grandma and Grandpa)

-Ballerina the same size as her (from Grandma and Grandpa)

-Elephant ball popper (from Grandma and Grandpa)

-Purse with accessories (from Grandma and Grandpa)

-Little golf set (from us)

She has REALLY enjoyed every single one of her presents... she rotates playing with each one as long as her little body with allow her... she only sleeps when she can't possibly play any longer. It has been so much fun to see her have so much fun with all of her things. :)

Here's a couple of pictures:

She is so sweet with her little baby. :) Changes her diaper and everything!

Giving her baby kisses :)

Time to go on a walk!

Life size ballerina :)

Almost all of her presents. :)

Christmas Eve Jammies

So Grandma and Grandpa have the tradition of getting the kids and grankids Christmas Eve Pajamas and this year they happen to get the Jammies for the grandkids when they were on their cruise to Alaska and are DARLING!!! I can't get over how cute Lena looks in these jammies with the little pocket on the bum. :) Her's don't actually open up at the bum, but still look SO cute! I could just stare at her for a week straight in these things. :) They got us some awesome pajamas that can also be used as workout clothes! What a good idea!

Lena is showing Ellie the pictures on Grandma's phone

Looking for something under the tree :)

Exploring the Christmas lights. :)

Forward shot of the jammies... it was EXTREMELY hard to get a non-blurry picture of this girl... she was up and down and all around.

Comollo Christmas

Since my mom had to work on Christmas Eve AND Christmas we decided to do our Christmas on Friday with my family. After Santa pictures we all met at our house and Rosie made homemade lasagna! A Comollo favorite. :) After dinner we opened presents. Unfortunately it was passed the babies bedtime AND they both didn't have very good naps that day, so they weren't the MOST happy... because of this I wasn't able to get as many pictures as I wanted, but got a couple. Here is what we got as far as presents go from my family:

Randy got:

-$15 gift certificate to Marie Calendars (from Rosie and Alex)

-$50 gift certificate to Home Depot (from my mom)

-U of U "mug rug" made by my mom (I'll post pictures shortly... if I remember :) )

-Mug to go with the "mug rug"

-"Christmas Mouse" Book (from Eva who did all of her Christmas shopping before leaving on her mission!)

Olga got:

-Awesome mantle decoration made by Rosie and Alex that says "Where There's A Will iams There's A Way" :) I will definitely be posting a picture of it when I get it all set up... It is SO cute! She also made me a cute Christmas decoration that says "J-O-Y"

-$50 gift certificate to Jo-Ann's for my newly discovered crafty side. :) (from my mom)

-Minty lip gloss (from Rosie, Alex and Jimmy)

-"Mug Rug" that has a cute quote about friendship on it and a Mug to go with it (from my mom).

-"Japanese Cherry Blossom" scented body wash, lotion and spray (from Rosie, Alex and Jimmy).

-"Night Before Christmas" book from Eva.

Lena got:

-Cute little dress for Ellie (from Rosie, Alex and Jimmy)

-Piggy Bank (from Rosie, Alex and Jimmy)

-Cute "Mug Rug" and Princess themed sippy cups

-$50 in a new bank account that my mom plans on contributing to monthly... this was a WAY nice gift and we are so grateful for her thoughtfulness.

-"Night Before Christmas" book from Eva :)

The awesome blocks that Rosie and Alex made me :)

Ellie's cute new dress. :)

Lena with her new Piggy Bank (and Daddy's mug)... both Lena and Jimmy really wanted to hold the Piggy Bank the whole night! She kept saying "Piggy, Piggy"

A picture of Sam taking a picture of me :)

Nonna opening one of her gifts... oh and Sam snuck into the picture too. :)

Lena and Jimmy playing with the fruit in the fruit bowl. :) They climbed up on the cooler together.

Official Santa Pictures

Here are the official Santa pictures as described in my previous post:

Behind The Scenes: Santa Pictures

So my friend went and got some Santa pictures taken at Thanksgiving Point (by FotoFly) and they turned out darling. My sister and I decided to do the same since my friend's turned out so cute. Just $20 for the pictures taken, edited and given to you on a CD in the same night. Here are some pictures we snapped while waiting for our turn:

We were afraid that the kiddos might not take to well to the real Santa to I was the lucky one to dress up. :)

Classic Alex-holding-both-babies picture. :)

They LOVED playing in Santa's chair. :)