As you know from year's past, we have lots of Christmases to attend over the holiday season so that we can enjoy the company of all of our family and friends. One of our favorite parts of Christmas though, is waking up in our house, just the three of us to enjoy opening gifts and spending time together. This year, Anna Kate really seemed to "get" Christmas- everything from celebrating the birth of Jesus to Santa bringing presents. We even took her to the Christmas eve service at church for the first time this year, which was a special tradition we are excited to begin enjoying again. In terms of Santa, we never went to visit the man in red, as Anna would tell me, "I'm not going to sit on his lap" (which is completely believable given the fact she is still fairly shy). She did tell me, and anyone she would talk to, that she wanted Santa to bring her chocolate. Sweet girl.
So, here are our pictures from Christmas morning. Mark jokes that he doesn't know who was more excited- Anna Kate or Mommy. Christmas is so much more fun with little ones!
She didn't understand why we had to sit on the steps and wait. It was mainly because Mark was still getting up out of bed...
Excited faces!
Looking to see what Santa brought!
Sven had to immediately get into the high chair she asked Santa for.
And of course there was CHOCOLATE! Before breakfast!
Opening gifts!
Santa brought color drops for the bath! (insert question, "Can we go take a bath right now?")
Feeding her baby in the high chair!
Bailey's thoughts on the whole matter. She was cropped out of pretty much every photo... someone wanted breakfast and didn't care about presents!
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