Christmas Day 2012!

I'll go ahead and warn you, this post has entirely too many pictures. These days there isn't a lot of time for words, so the story will be told in pictures!

{Christmas Morning at Home}

Hadley was 1week old on Christmas AND she got her first traditional holiday picture!

Santa definitely visited our house...

 ...and this little man was SO excited about "my own train table!"

 We were overjoyed to have our little girl here in time for Christmas...and her big brother was pretty excited too!

{Christmas Morning at Mimi and PopPops}

After celebrating with just the four of us, we drove down the street to Mimi and PopPop's for the next part of Christmas morning! 

 Don't worry, Santa did not forget little miss H!

 nor did he forget the "big kids!"...

 PopPop had a special gift for Meyer and I think it's safe to say...it was his most favorite!

 We finally twisted him arm enough to get him to open up another gift...

 ...and he proceeded to spend the next hour or so playing contently on the floor!

 but the most exciting part of Christmas morning was THE MESS!

{Christmas Morning at Gigi's and Grandpa Fred's}

Another short trip down the road landed us at our next stop! H was lucky enough to get lots of snuggles from Great Grandpa Fred.

Just a glimpse of what it looks like on Christmas morning...every couch crammed full of cousins...makes my heart happy! 

 Meyer was not a huge fan of sharing his PopPop!

 
{Christmas Afternoon/Evening with my family}

We found our favorite little Christmas present nestled right under the tree!

 Best Christmas present EVER!

 There was serious puzzle construction under way...a new tradition that I believe should be implemented every year. I didn't even participate but it's something about seeing family huddled around working together that makes me smile!

 Our traditional family picture...that keeps growing every year!

Christmas Day was a whirlwind of family gatherings, but I definitely took a moment to reflect on how blessed we were this year. We were holding our beautiful, healthy miracle of a baby girl surrounded by ALL of our family only minutes away from each other...loving life....God is good...oh so good!

 We are looking forward to a wonderful 2013 with our two little LOVES:)