Christmas!...in January?

It's almost February..and I'm finally getting around to blogging about our Christmas Morning!

I shared a video already with some iPhone photos here.

I feel like this yearly full post is more for me than my readers haha...

We love looking back at past Christmas Mornings. :)

Here's our 2010 Photo Re-cap and Video Greeting and

our 2011 Photos and Video Greeting. So fun seeing the kids growing up..

Christmas morning is so magical when they are little!!

I seriously was so excited for them to wake up I barely slept. :)

I've been getting lots of e-mails from readers who start off their e-mails with "You don't know me and this might be weird but I feel like I know you!" hehe. and I LOVE it. It's not weird at all I'm so happy to have this connection and community with you all through my blog!

I know that I love seeing how others celebrate in their home..

so I'm happy to share our morning with you....sleepy face and all. :)

Here's the video we shared on Christmas Night for our Family and Friends far away. :)

I put a qr code with our Christmas Cards for people to scan with

their iPhones and be taken directly to see the video!

Christmas Day was filled with lots of dress up dance parties and shows!

(We always grab up costumes after Halloween... major discounts!)

The guitar..one of sophie's favorite toys.. we found at a flea market near us. I think it was $1? The sound works and everything. We also got sienna's cash register from their for 50 cents??

Santa was proud of himself. ;)

I LOVE the photo below of me with sienna and micah.. 

And I love that sophie put on her hat before coming out to open presents.

She insisted she wear it!! The girls are wearing their Christmas Pajamas from Carters. Grabbed those up during the Black Friday Specials.

I'm wearing my comfy pajamas that I got at Target to put in my Hospital Bag when I had Micah.

We had a bounce house inside.... and the girls flipped over it!

Grandpa Bob gave this to them.

I loved the idea of them getting all their energy out in a confined space. ;)

Micah's first Christmas.. consisted of him getting snuggled by everyone.

lots of smoochies.

One of Sienna's favorite presents was a sit n' spin ben found on craigslist for $10.

Perfect gift for a child who doesn't stop moving! She can sit and move at the same time!

Ben got me the purple north face sweater that I'm wearing below.

so comfy and I love the color.

Bahahaha...

Micah's face sums up his feelings towards sienna at this moment....

Micah: "help.. me.."

We got the girls an iPad for their 'big' present.

We found one on craigslist..great condition. and then got the

iGuy case on ebay for 6 or 9 bucks. I blogged about our Favorite Kid Apps.

We had it loaded and ready to go on Christmas morning. they loved it!

 It was a great Christmas morning.. Ignore my sleepy face below..and find sienna in the background of that photo sneaking candy. that one is silent and sneaky. ;)

Ben surprised me by getting me something I had talked about wanting a long time ago..

Bamboo splash! (for drawing designs/graphics) AND an iPhone 5.

Plus some other fun little goodies. Husband did a great job this year!

Here we are at Christmas Eve Mass. :)

sophie was boycotting photos.. sienna was hamming it up.

If you missed our Christmas Card for this year I shared it HERE.. One of the photos we sent was a little manger scene..Sophie was Mary, Sienna was an "angel" and Micah was baby Jesus. I thought it turned out pretty cute. :) I need to blog the out takes though..They LOVED dressing up and posing..but halos were flying and Mary was having a melt down over how the angels hands were folded......haha. o yes.

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

even if this post is coming in February.. :)

Christmas Morning 2012 VIDEO

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day!

Here's a video of ours.. A fun awesomely exhausting day. :)

God Bless you and your loved ones!
Hope you enjoy this video..
the beginning starts a little shaky.
I love having these videos to look back on!
The end is full of some too
adorable for words singing and dancing... hehe.
(to prevent skipping: pause and let the video load a bit before watching through)

Christmas morning

is hard work!! ;)

Christmas Morning in our House

Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday Baby Jesus!

Hope you all had a great weekend/week so far.. 

It's been fun seeing everyone post their family celebrations. :)

I wanted to share some of our Christmas Morning fun.. that started at 6:45 am..

with us already sleeping on sophia's floor so she wouldn't walk out any earlier than that......haha.
one big slumber party for baby Jesus.

We told her she had to stay in bed or else Santa wouldn't come to our house.....

Sophia right before coming out..."Daddy..I don't think Santa came. I didn't stay in my bed all night. I trieddd..it was HARD." haha.. 

A few videos are mixed in.

Because you need to see these cuties in motion!  :)

I love doing a big Christmas post every year on my blog so that all my friends and family who are far away can see how it went! Love how we can stay connected this way...So come on in to our house and see what went down. hugee post. you've been warned. ;)

Our Christmas Decorations

Gotta love the Half Decorated Tree...we have an ornament eater.

We buy most of our decorations after Christmas at Target when they are on sale!

You can grab up some great bargains if you hold off. And Christmas is a month long celebration..so throw them on up! ;) One year we bought a fake tree (not shown) and we seriously were so excited about the price we got it for that we put it up a few days after Christmas..for another week 1/2 or so. hehe.

This Christmas there were lots of pink..and baby dolls.

LOTS of mothering going on. :)

My parents got sienna that sweet little baby high chair..
and it was put to use all day long!

Sophia's big present from Santa was a Doll House!

Can't wait to share the DIY details of this fun project. We got it on craigslist for $30 bucks and then I jazzed it up a bit. still need to mod-podge it but didn't have time. I was hot glueing  $store kitchen towel bedding Christmas Eve. hehe. It was SOOOO fun seeing her play with it..and I think this baby is gonna give me lots of moments of quiet play time.. which....sound awesome.

Grandma B got the girls a Train Table!

I'm so happy with the size..it's not one of those ginormous ones..

and fits pefectly under the corner windows in their room.

THANKS GRANDMA B!

Dress Up Clothes & Closet (from ikea bookshelf and a piece of wood.)

We loaded it up with some dress up clothes from Target's Halloween Clearance. some were for a few bucks! It was cute seeing sophia play with the hangers and dresses..she felt like a big girl. Now it's in their playroom..and they can actually see their dress up clothes!

Now I just need to teach sienna to use a hanger......;)
My Sister sent up some tap shoes for sophia which she LOVES!

My parents got Sophia a Doctor's Kit!

Ben and I were sick patients all day long. :)

My mom made the baby hats for the dollies from Santa.

(dolls=Walmart.. $11?? I was so impressed.)

Ben's big present from me was a Keurig (mini one from target)

and a Blu-ray DVD player that ben "helped" pick out.

And I was sooo excited that ben got me all things that I had at one time asked for or mentioned I liked..even if I had forgotten about it. Like sweat pants!! (wearing them now. haha.) and The Pioneer Woman Cook book.. and a cast iron skillet. My mom also sent up some fun goodies! Can't wait to try out these molds. sophia is gonna love it.

My big presents had to be the piano from ben.. which was free..but he used his muscles and his friends' muscles to get it in our house. They have injuries to prove it. LOVEEE IT. so excited to start playing again. and He also got me a flip cam..so I can record every move of my fast moving girls!

We had to make phone calls to all the family far away!...

and eat Sausage Egg Strata...it's a tradition. Best part about it. I made it the night before. pulled it out while we unwrapped..and then just threw it in the oven for 30 minutes. 

yummy bubbly cheesy goodness ready to go.

We did lots of lounging and playing.

and took a 2+hour family nap....so nice when they go to sleep at the same time.
Our Christmas Miracle.

Thanks for checking out our Christmas Day.

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!
Below is our version of a family photo of the day..
we took turns with wiggle worm children.

Blessings to all of you!