We had a wonderful Christmas with family. Eddie's parents came in on Christmas eve eve and his sisters and brother in law came in on Christmas Eve. We all headed to the children's service at church at 5:30 and met my parents and aunt and cousin there.
Lala came into church-- of course.
A Christmas selfie....
Poppy let Nug put some money in the offering plate. He was so excited!
After church we headed to my parents house for food, drinks, and holiday fun-ness. I attempted to get a picture with both boys.... it was a failed effort. I wish we had gotten one of our family of four, but there were so many things going on, everyone was going a different direction!
My fabulously wonderful sisters-in-law. I LOVE THEM SO SO SO SO MUCH. Like sisters, really.
And, my SILs love my boys...
And then....y'all, Santa Claus showed up at grandma/grandpa's house! Minds BLOWN! He came bearing gifts for the kiddos and everyone was so excited!
The kids all sat ready to see Santa....
"Who has been a good boy/girl this year?" (please notice who is not raising a hand....)
Thankfully, Santa brought him a gift this year...despite his naughtiness...
Jackson and Cal both got on Santa's lap for a sweet picture...
After Santa left, we moved into the living room where my mother in law played Christmas music on the piano and we all sang along. The kids are all learning tons of Christmas songs in school and they are ALL about singing. This sounds so cheesy, but it really is awesome-- everyone is drinking and singing and laughing...all together. It's so special.
Cal still loves baby Margaret- he wanted to hold her so CB helped by sitting her on his lap on her lap!
We got home and the kids hurried to bed. We brought out presents and got ready for Santa to come. Andy hasn't slept through the night in oh, say, months.....(!!!!!) so he moved to our floor somewhere in the middle of the night. Hank kept him company and toasty warm while down there. (side note: if y'all have any ideas on how to get the kid to sleep through the night, I would love to hear them.... we tried dropping naps...didn't help.... we've tried ignoring him....doesn't work....any way... that's a whole different post!)
Santa came and was good to my crew!!!
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