Last but not least...

As promised, here's a slide show of pictures from Christmas. I took so many I couldn't put all of them in the posts so I decided to create a slide show with some of the other pictures. Hope you enjoy!!

Playdate and Christmas Exchange

Here are some of the pictures from the gift exchange with Kat and Lesley that I posted about earlier. I was exhasuted afterward, but a good time was had by all despite what it may look like in the pics. :-)

Christmas with Gran and Dan Dan

We started our Christmas celebration at my parents house on Christmas night with a nice dinner. We have the same dinner every year and every year it's just as good. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. We have beef tenderloin with horseradish butter, green beans with a dill sauce, carrots, twice baked potatoes, and rolls. Ashley made a yule log for dessert, which was so good!! We didn't do presents that night because we wanted the boys to be a part of it and it was past their bedtime so we decided we would open presents the next day. We got together for breakfast the next day and then the presents began.

My parents gave the boys toys, clothes, and books and Santa even found their house and left them some goodies. Evan got a lot of tools and other things for the garage he has been wanting and I got lots of things I wanted for the house, some clothes, and the new Nicholas Sparks book. Once again the boys loved the wrapping paper. :-) After opening the gifts, we just hung out with the fam for the day. Jim and Ashley were able to stay too and it was so nice to do that because we don't get to very often. That night everyone came over to our house for pizza and we played a game.

This was the end to our wonderful Christmas celebrations! We enjoyed all of them so much!

Davis hasn't mastered crawling frontward yet just backwards. So he kept "crawling" and would end up under the couch. :-)

Christmas Morning/Lunch

Evan and I had a wonderful Christmas day with the boys. After eating breakfast, the boys checked out what Santa had brought them and then we opened presents. The boys got toys, toys, and more toys, but they also got some practical things too like diapers, formula, bottles, and clothes. Evan's big gift was a GPS. He had been wanting one but he had no idea that I had gotten it. He was totally surprised. My big gift was a new camera. Yahoo!! I have been wanting one but couldn't justify going out a buying one for no reason since I already had one that was decent. Evan even charged the battery ahead of time so as soon as I opened it I could start taking pictures. He also got me this reed diffuser that I had been wanting for a long time. It was one of those things that I REALLY wanted, but I never would have spent the money on it.

The boys had the cutest matching pajamas that were monogrammed. I loved them! We enjoyed watching the boys play with their new toys, but they were mostly interested in playing with the wrapping paper. Until then, I had no idea how much the boys loved playing with paper. I think I have just found a good use for all those catalogs we get in the mail.

Evan and I cooked a delicious lunch and unfortunately the boys didn't get to eat any of it, but next year they'll be able to. Well at least the food part. We'll wait a few years on the wine. :-)

Santa's goodies

Caramel Turtle Brownies

Remnants of Lunch

Christmas at Nene and Pop's

This year we celebrated Christmas at Nene and Pop's on Christmas Eve. We ate lunch with everyone and then opened presents. The food was DELICIOUS and as always I ate way too much. The problem for me is I always like everything so I have trouble passing anything up. After lunch we opened presents. :-) The boys got lots of clothes, a super play yard, and toys and Evan and I got lots of things for the house which was perfect. The boys loved playing in the wrapping paper and it was so much fun to watch them.

Shaw Family Christmas

We do Christmas with my extended family every year. It rotates between families as to who hosts it and this year it was my families turn. About 70-80 of us get together the Sunday before Christmas and we've been doing this as long as I can remember. We chat and catch up with each other and enjoy lots of good food. It's always so fun seeing everyone. I'm so blessed to be a part of such a close knit family. It was a little overwhelming for the boys and they got kind of fussy, but I'm sure next year it will be a little easier since they will be a little older.