All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth!

Addibell asked.....and Santa delivered!

Can you see 'em? You hafta squint realllllly hard but they are there I promise! She's too mobile to get a good shot of them. But you can count 'em yourself. 2 bottom teeth! Can't wait to see more!

We all enjoyed celebrating Addison's first Christmas this year. Needless to say, she got a little more than her two front teeth. What can we say? Santa Claus must really like our little girl! We finally got to see him and have her sit on his lap. John's been so busy at work lately that the only day we could do it was the day of Christmas Eve. I was dreading a possible line so we showed up right at 10:00 am and went right through with ease. And needless to say, she doesn't take after her Mom when sitting on the beard-y strange red-suited man's lap. She loved it! She spent more time arching her back to try and get a good look at him than she did smiling for me and the camera.

Afterward, we all celebrated by watching her take her first ride ever - the Carousel. She loved that too. Luckily Daddy got to take her so I didn't get have to get dizzy. (Did I mention I get carsick playing Mario Kart?)

Here are a few impromptu family shots after the carousel ride.

We were lucky enough to spend Addison's first Christmas with this purty lady - Grandma Bell!

We had lots of fun carrying on in our family traditions of Christmas Eve pajamas, reading The Night Before Christmas and the story of our Savior's birth, and then waking up early on Christmas Day to find our stockings and open presents. I don't have a ton of pics of this since most was video taped instead.

Here is a picture of the stocking Santa Claus left for Addison. She enjoyed all of it but the Baby Mum Mum's. We busted into those to see what she thought of them and within a few minutes of chewing, she gagged it all up. Guess we'll shelve those for another month or so!

We had Addibell open her presents first while we all watched since we wanted to get it all in before her morning nap. She was far more interested in the paper - especially EATING the paper. And even once the presents were unwrapped she still didn't understand since they were all still boxed. John and I quickly got initiated on the parent role of battery installing, constructing, and building. Once they were built - she loved them. She has now entered the world of "Talking Toys" and needless to say it has blown her away. She just sat and beamed at it all - amazed that these things were talking to HER! I loved seeing her get excited about it all and just sitting and smiling so big while staring at them. However, after a couple of days of stepping on them or having them randomly start playing over and over - I'm starting to rethink my excitement.

So far though, Grandma Bell wins the "Best Present" award. We just un-boxed and assembled that today and she loves it the most since it requires the least amount of moving to play with it.

Christmas was a blast and now we don't have any need to buy more toys until her birthday in May. I'm still wondering where exactly I'm going to store all of this.

After our own family Christmas we got to enjoy some delicious dinner of ham and potatoes at Grandma Jean and Grandpa Joe's house. She even got MORE presents once we arrived there. It was fun to see some cousins and sit back and relax amidst all the chaos. Then the next day we headed to Willard to spend some Christmas time with my side of the family. Once again the chaos was enjoyed and presents were opened and ham was eaten. We had sooooo much fun celebrating the holidays with our little girl for the first time, spending time with family, relaxing, shopping, laughing, and most of all celebrating the birth of our Savior. Thanks to everyone that made it such a great success but most of all to Him for sacrificing the most.