Merry Christmas 2008!

Okay, so I've been REALLY slacking in the blogging department. I've had my folks here for the past week and it's been crazy. We've had a blast, but I will post more about that later. For now it's Christmas pictures! Here's a million pictures and more to come. Enjoy:)

Adalei loves her tube!

This was her face when she realized her Elmo didn't talk.

Thanks so much, Grandma and Grandpa Deskins, for the bristle blocks...they are awesome!

After a few gifts Adalei realized the whole point of these boxes under the tree was to UNWRAP them! She started grabbing them and ripping them open one-by-one, even if they weren't for her.

A new baby with long hair. She thinks the hair is fascinating. All the babies she got for Christmas had hair...she was very excited.

Helping Mama open her stocking.

Sweet tie, Daddy! Very handsome!

Opening her stocking.

Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa Deskins for the doll and EVERYTHING else! It was awesome! She loves all of the gifts. We love you so much!!!

That's what I'm talking about!

Here's a sneak peek at Christmas morning. You gotta love the faces of surprise and excitement!!! Adorable!

Oh, the thrill!

Fam Christmas Partay 2008!

We had our annual Family Christmas Party along with the classic White Elephant gift exchange. This is always an exciting event full of suspense and curiosity:)

Isaac was the lucky gift opener of a great movie: In the Name of the King! Awesome!

Greg opening his gift....everyone waiting in anticipation.....

Ahhh....cute little woodland creatures.

How friendly....

A little too friendly:)
No one was paying attention and I looked over at the little woodland friends and this is what I saw. Greg said, "They just won't stand up."

Getting a kick out of one of the gifts. Erica is so cute!!! She is due in January and we are so excited for another new baby in the mix!

I was watching Adalei from up the staircase while her and Kaitlyn were alone playing downstairs. They are a month apart and usually when we get together they don't really acknowledge one another.....but they interacted a little bit more this time:)

Kaitlyn loves Adalei's necklace. She tries to pull it off whenever they see each other.

Adalei trying to share. She's getting better....when she isn't cranky and sleepy:)

Travis was holding little baby Zara and Adalei came over with her arms up wanting to sit on Daddy's lap too. (I think she was a little jealous)

Leaning in for a kiss.

Trip to Santa

Today Adalei and I ran over to the mall hoping to get a glimpse of Santa and sit on his lap. As predicted, it went pretty much like this:

CLASSIC!
Happy, Happy Christmas! We love you all!

Christmas Dress

Sorry for the millions of the same pictures...they are all so cute I had to post them all. Today Adalei wore one of her three Christmas dresses. This was her "fancy" one, she looked so adorable if I do say so myself:). She's such a bug!