Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas!

It is Christmas night. The girls are snuggled in their beds. (Actually Willa is snuggled on her mattress which we hauled into Jia's room so they could have a sleepover.)

We are tired, but more so, we are peaceful. We are full. We are happy. We have had two terrific days with family. The pictures tell (most of) the story.

Christmas Eve day:




Enjoying their new cousin:


Our tradition on Christmas Eve night is to give the girls matching pj's and open family gifts. This year it was Connect 4 and Operation. Wow, it's very clear we need a lot of practice before we do any surgeries!

Christmas Day:

Time to open stockings and presents!



Jia received the gift she's been dreaming of for a long time:

Willa had asked me to buy her a mermaid swimsuit. I could not find any, so I decided to make the girls slip-on mermaid tails out of swimsuit material. Willa wore hers all morning, even over her clothing when we walked Peanut. I'm thrilled that they love them.

We hosted everyone at our place on Christmas day (for the first time)!





Our day was certainly merry and bright! Hope yours was too!

5 comments:

teena said...

What a wonderful Christmas you all had! And how talented and creative you are - great idea with the mermaid outfit! Merry Christmas! btw, my blog is being worked on again after a very long hiatus. But apparently it's a bit finicky to get into - let me know if you have any problems - if you're still interested of course that is!!! ;o)

michelle said...

I love those mermaid outfits. You are too talented! I love the tradition of wearing matching PJs. We're trying to think of fun things to do with Lexie also, so you always give me great ideas!

What a busy few days, but it looks like all of you had a wonderful Christmas!

Jeremi said...

looks like so much fun jane! the mermaid outfits, AWESOME!!!! really really looking forward to seeing you guys next weekend .....

and so glad jia's surgery went well.

XiaoXiao said...

Our family always used to get matching PJs on Christmas Eve, too. Lots of fun, even though we knew what they would be.

Looks like a wonderfully warm and fuzzy (or fishtail-y) Holiday!

M and M Girls said...

Crafty! Love the mermaid suits. Great. I can see why they love them too. Looks like a wonderful Christmas. Love the tiny baby....soooo cute. The girls are adorable in there matching pjs. We do the matching Christmas pjs too. How long do you think I can get away with it? lol ;-) I updated the blog now that we are back from CO. Happy New Year.