Christmas x3 and Santa!

Bring on the Christmas spirit! The holidays with a toddler are amazing and wonderful... Here is a short recap of the Christmas festivities...
Last weeks trip to the mall to see Santa (again) and make sure he had our request (Elmo & Abbycadabby socks). The Christmas outfit that would never be... Poor little Ty, I got this super cute vest, size 12-18 months mind you, and well, as you can see it was a little snug... and so were the pants. So we squeezed him into it for a picture but otherwise he didn't get to wear this for any Christmas celebrations. Hopefully he stretches out a bit and the vest will fit again.

Cutie Petutie in her super cute pink peacoat!

Christmas with Jareds Dad side...

How many presents does it take to be taller than Addy!

A holiday tradition... nappy time!
Of course a family photo has to get taken!

Christmas with my family....

Another family photo! (I'm hoping one of these times, we will all be looking at the camera AND smiling!)

Addys new Hot Rod!

Note the insignia on the back, perfect for Miss Addybell!

Addy eating banana cream pie (that she helped Meena make) at her new picnic table.

Gotta have Christmas bounce time!

Taken little bro on a ride!

Oh the magic of Santa! Addy LOVED that Santa brought her all of her Elmo gear! When she woke up this morning, she was playing in her crib. I walked in and said Merry Christmas. She asked where Meena and Papa were and I told her they were sleeping downstairs. Then she asked, "Santa comin?". I told her we should wake everyone up and see if Santa came... and so we did. I could kick myself for not videotaping her opening her stocking because she loved everybit of it and completely made my Christmas for me. I cannot wait for the years to come and watching both kids open their stockings.

Ty got a little ride on Mickey Mouse airplane from Meena and Papa. Addy got one last year and since she really liked Tylers, we thought we should bring them both together so she could see she had one too. They were super cute sitting on them together.

Addy was watching the Wiggles and they have a fairly dance where they all put on their fairy wings. Well, Addy decided she needed me to dig hers out so she could wear hers too. And needless to say, they were on for most of Christmas eve and Christmas morning!

Ty's new Bug!

His new Cars PJ's from Santa... How fitting... What a dashing young babe! He sure is a cutie!

More bug fun....with Addybug!

Christmas at Jareds moms.....

Antler Addy!
Antler TyTy!

The aftermath.... Really, all of this for two tiny kiddos! And this didn't include the already opened and in use toys! I'll be going through it all this weekend, making sure everything fits, and picking some toys to put in the closet to open slowly as the winter wears on and we are looking for new ideas to entertain them! They love them all and we could not be more grateful for all the presents!
Addy did try to sing herself Happy Birthday a few times to day so we attempted to change it to Happy Birthday Baby Jesus!

Our adoption playgroup did do something fun this year. We did Sub For Santa through the agency that we brought Tyler home through. Our group sponsored 2 birthmoms and their kids and got them presents for Christmas. It was amazing to see our whole group pull together and buy for these two birthmoms who are making adoption plans for their babies. Hopefully we made their Christmas a little easier and that they know that there are a lot of people out there who care about them even though we don't know them. After all, isn't this what Christmas is about, showing people you care, spreading love, and helping people who need it?

We had an amazing Christmas and hope you all did too! Still one more Christmas celebration tomorrow and then things should be winding down... Well, except for Kwanzaa and New Years!