Our Christmas Morning

Well, Santa must've stopped by because the cookies and milk were gone

And the presents were under the tree
Katie impatiently waiting to get to all of her presents
When we came downstairs, Katie bypassed the whole stack of presents from Santa and insisted that we open up her Cinderella outfit so she could put it on!

Look out Cinderella, there's a new princess in town!
Ok, NOW I'm ready to open some presents!
Once she got started it was fast and furious, lolGotta take a break to "squeep"
Yogurt! Just what I wanted!!! :-)
Katie was even excited about the new clothesA new baby doll
Lil' Mommy and her baby

Our Gifts From Katie

Katie made us gifts at school. She couldn't wait to hang them on the tree for us!

"Crosty" for Mommy
And a Gingerbread Man for Daddy

Our Christmas Eve

Joseph was able to get off of the boat earlier than usual on Christmas night so he was able to join us at James and Sandy's house for a while. Then we headed home, got ready for Santa to come (put out some milk and cookies for him to enjoy), got Katie to bed, and then exchanged our Christmas gifts since the next morning would be all about Katie!

Treats for Santa

Joseph with his favorite gift!

Shake, shake, shake your present!
(Good thing it wasn't breakable!)

Joseph and his monocolored coat

Playing with my new camera.
It takes pictures in HD. How awesome is that??? :-)

A picture of me taken with the new camera

Christmas Day at Aunt Sandy and Uncle James' House

Somehow I only wound up with one picture at James and Sandy's house, so here it is...
For more, click here.

Christmas Morning at Mom-Mom and Pop's House

Here's our Christmas morning at Mom-Mom and Pop's house. Santa came to bring Maddie presents but he hit our house on his way back to the North Pole so that we could open gifts when Joseph got home from the boat. Katie still had plenty to open though with her gifts from Aunt Karen, Uncle Chris, and Maddie, Mom-Mom and Pop, Two Mom-Mom, Uncle Joe, and Kim. And we still had to go to Aunt Sandy and Uncle James' house after that to exchange gifts with them and Grandma!

Hmmm, what have we got here???

Opening presents from Mom-Mom and Pop

Pop with his presents (in the background)

Mom-Mom looks like she had too much eggnog last night!

Picasso with her new easel from Aunt Karen, Uncle Chris, and Maddie

The sweatshirt says it all!

Maddie and her new digital camera!

The outfit we gave her

Uncle Chris and his present

Katie giving Aunt Karen an ornament from Mom-Mom and Pop
(and Maddie storing walnuts in her cheek, lol)

Rudy, Maddie, and Poppy
(after Maddie ate a blue candy cane!)

Maddie's new bright white teeth thanks to Photoshop!

Playing the Game of Life...
And let me tell you, Life is a lot more complicated than it used to be!!!

Christmas Eve

Now that Christmas has settled down, I finally have time to update the blog. I tried to do this one when I got home from TiTi's on Christmas Eve but the site wasn't working. So here's me and Katie enjoying Christmas Eve with Dad's family at TiTi's house...

Just getting started!

Opening up one of many

Katie with her "Guitar Hero" like Daddy has!

Jorge and Poppy admiring Poppy's new tool

Maddie VERY excited about her new dress

The chaos... look at all those presents!

Whew, I'm pooped!

Sponge Bob and Maddie

Katie's Christmas Pictures

For your enjoyment... :-)