Everleigh's very first Christmas gift ever was from "Uncle Aaron." He is so sweet to these kids and he stopped by to bring them each their very own gift. Everleigh helped him unwrap it and was so excited about her glow-worm. She loves to hold it and hug it! And the boys would not stop playing with their new trucks long enough for me to take a picture :)
On Christmas Eve, the boys and I made cookies for Santa. Unfortunately I have no pics of that mess :) The whole family dressed up for an afternoon church service and then headed home to prepare for Santa's arrival. Here were are reading "The Night Before Christmas," which was followed up by the story of Jesus' birth. The kiddos exchanged gifts with one another, we sprinkled our reindeer food outside, then prepped the cookies and milk for Santa's arrival.
Brax was so excited this year!!!! It is so much fun being a parent at Christmas! After tucking the kiddos in bed, we heard the sound of bells overhead. Brax was so nervous that Santa would pass our house if he wasn't asleep that he tucked his head up under his covers and didn't make a peep!
On Christmas morning, I was up before the kids. I was so excited to see if Santa had come!! Brax jumped out of bed and shouted, "Did he come???" When he saw that Santa had, indeed, delivered, he fell on the ground and screamed with excitement! And we didn't see him for the rest of the day because he was playing his Wii :)
Daddy got a new pair of binoculars for hunting! He was very excited and very surprised (Thanks, Uncle Bobber, for the tip! :)
Little E was very excited about the play table that Santa brought for her!
And Brody's favorite gift was not from Santa Claus, but from Mimi-Claus. She got him a brand new "string" guitar and he could not have been happier!
And last, but certainly not least, Santa (translation: My AWESOME husband) got me a brand new, unbelievably incredible, love-it-so-much-I-don't-have-the-words, camera!
And here are a few pics that I took while practicing with the new camera....
And, I need to mention, that we had a white Christmas here in Nashville!!! That never happens and I forgot to include a picture in the blog, so you'll just have to take my word for it.
Around lunchtime, we switched up venues and headed over to Mimi's house to hang out and celebrate with the rest of the Belvilles. Brax and Brody enjoyed playing with Papa's Christmas train set and it brought back a few memories....
Mimi got Everleigh and Lexi each a bracelet with their monogram. On the back there's a message "Love, Papa." It was so sweet and so appropriate. Papa always spoiled the girls with jewelry and Mimi knew that he would have loved to get the girls their first bracelets.
And here's a picture of Mimi with Brody and Caden. All Caden wanted for Christmas was a Santa suit... and he wore it all day!!
Brax was so excited this year!!!! It is so much fun being a parent at Christmas! After tucking the kiddos in bed, we heard the sound of bells overhead. Brax was so nervous that Santa would pass our house if he wasn't asleep that he tucked his head up under his covers and didn't make a peep!
On Christmas morning, I was up before the kids. I was so excited to see if Santa had come!! Brax jumped out of bed and shouted, "Did he come???" When he saw that Santa had, indeed, delivered, he fell on the ground and screamed with excitement! And we didn't see him for the rest of the day because he was playing his Wii :)
Daddy got a new pair of binoculars for hunting! He was very excited and very surprised (Thanks, Uncle Bobber, for the tip! :)
Little E was very excited about the play table that Santa brought for her!
And Brody's favorite gift was not from Santa Claus, but from Mimi-Claus. She got him a brand new "string" guitar and he could not have been happier!
And last, but certainly not least, Santa (translation: My AWESOME husband) got me a brand new, unbelievably incredible, love-it-so-much-I-don't-have-the-words, camera!
And here are a few pics that I took while practicing with the new camera....
And, I need to mention, that we had a white Christmas here in Nashville!!! That never happens and I forgot to include a picture in the blog, so you'll just have to take my word for it.Around lunchtime, we switched up venues and headed over to Mimi's house to hang out and celebrate with the rest of the Belvilles. Brax and Brody enjoyed playing with Papa's Christmas train set and it brought back a few memories....
Mimi got Everleigh and Lexi each a bracelet with their monogram. On the back there's a message "Love, Papa." It was so sweet and so appropriate. Papa always spoiled the girls with jewelry and Mimi knew that he would have loved to get the girls their first bracelets.
And here's a picture of Mimi with Brody and Caden. All Caden wanted for Christmas was a Santa suit... and he wore it all day!!
Christmas Number 3 occurred on Monday at Momo and Grandpa's new condo. And it was mass chaos. Below is a picture of the scene AFTER it had all been cleaned up. We had a great time celebrating with the DeLong side and were spoiled rotten once again!
We even managed a family picture with everyone looking at the camera....
And I love this picture of "the girls"!
Whew, I'm running out of steam here. We also went to Opryland to see the lights, but the pictures didn't turn out so great. So, Christmas in a nutshell: Amazingly blessed with our wonderful families and spoiled like crazy. That about sums it up!
And I love this picture of "the girls"!
Whew, I'm running out of steam here. We also went to Opryland to see the lights, but the pictures didn't turn out so great. So, Christmas in a nutshell: Amazingly blessed with our wonderful families and spoiled like crazy. That about sums it up!
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