We had an amazing Christmas! It was wonderful having ALL 4 family members home together, as it should be during the holidays! Seeing the wonder, the excitement, and the awe on Libby's face this year was truly wonderful. I LOVED every single second of it. In fact, on Christmas Eve, Aaron and I could hardly wait till morning for Libby to come down and see her new kitchen that I spent HOURS on, and to see all the fun stuff we got her! I was excited for Presley too, but since she is almost 7 months old, but pretty much acts like a 3 month old, well we weren't expecting her to understand any of it... but to my amazement and delight, when we gave her first doll to her, she LOVED it, smiled the famous ginormous Presley smile, and held on to it for dear life. It was SO sweet.
We made Libby a Kitchen and she LOVES LOVES LOVEEEEES it! I got the idea for the kitchen on Pinterest, and looked high & low for an entertainment center, but all the ones we found were either REALLY dirty, way to over priced, or smelled horribly of smoke (which is a NO GO with preemies).. so I didn't think it was going to happen. But then we ended up getting a killer deal on the little kitchen from target (circo kitchen to be exact) & then we added another cabinet to the side to make the fridge. Then sanded, primed, and painted a dark purple (which dark purple is a HARD color to paint! It took SO many coats of paint!) All the extra knobs/hooks came from lowes. It was a lot of fun picking out fabric & putting it all together! Definitely worth the hard work & time, because Liberty LOVES it :) Santa also brought her a huge thing of fake food for her kitchen (which she cooks in ALL day and tries to feed us her fake food all day long lol). A Mrs. Potato head, a Stella doll which she LOVES, she loves to point out it's belly button! A picnic basket & teacup set that interacts with her, she loves that. Clothes, a new toothbrush which she let out this huge YAY over, it was so cute! Her cousin Katie got her a build-a-bear gingerbread girl, and she LOVES it. ( THANK YOU AMY & Katie, what a thoughtful gift, and she loves it!) We got her this little etch a sketch, and a doodle pad thingy, and she loves those too. She is SO into exploring/learning that those kind of things she just can't put down.
Christmas was SO much fun with her this year, and I'm not going to lie, I am SO excited for the Christmas's to come. Because as much fun as I thought this one was, well I know it's just going to get better & better every year! Next year should be WAY fun with both the girls being a little older, I can't wait :) Most of all though, it was just a humbling day for me. Not because of the gifts, but because the feelings I had, remembering the true meaning of Christmas and I just felt SO grateful for everything. I'm SO happy Aaron was home with us this year, he was gone Christmas before last on his deployment to Afghanistan, so every Christmas we get to spend with him home, I cherish. He's most likely cross training into a job where he will deploy a lot more, so I'm just thankful for the holidays we get with him! It was a humbling Christmas for me, because last Christmas night, I spent the night in the ER in Guam, being told I was miscarrying Presley since I was bleeding. A lot can change in a year :) and I am just so thankful she stuck around and is a part of our family. She made our family complete, and I'm just so grateful to have TWO baby girls. I'm grateful we were able to spoil our little angels, and for being able to have the nice delicious home cooked meal we had too. I made a Roasted Chicken (in my deep covered baker) complete with yummy mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy, & delicious dessert. We sure are blessed! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, we sure did, even if we all were sick :)
Here are just a few of the MANY many pictures I took :) Enjoy!
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