Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year!  Gabe is off from school for two weeks so it has been great!  We spent a couple of days before Christmas in Charleston with Gramma McCoy, which was really nice.  Maddie was just getting over an ear infection, so her sleep was way off, but we managed to get through it and had a fun time.  We traveled back to our house on the 23rd to take care of the last minute things.  Omi and Pop-Pop came up again this year, which is always so nice!  Christmas Eve was a whirlwind of cooking, chasing after two kids, and lots of chaos, but once again we managed to get through it in one piece .   When Maddie was happy, Carter was fussy and when Carter was happy, Maddie was not.  So that made for a crazy night of trying to exchange gifts, since we would not see Natalie, Ryan, and Carter on Christmas day.  Once all the presents were under the tree we couldn’t believe our eyes-I have never in my entire life seen SO much stuff.  I think we may have gone overboard for these two babies!  Nonetheless, Maddie had a great time tearing into her presents-we didn’t even scratch the surface of the stuff, because we saved most of it for Christmas day!

When Maddie woke up on Christmas morning we took her downstairs and the look on her face was priceless.  She ran right up to her cozy coupe and then not even two seconds later she spotted the kitchen and bolted right for it!  She immediately started to cook for all of us!  So much fun!!  We spent a couple of hours playing with Santa toys and eating a nice breakfast.  We then headed to Christmas morning church service and once we got back Maddie ate lunch and went straight to bed for a long nap.  She didn’t wake up until 4:00 and that is when we finished opening up the rest of her presents (and ours, too).  By the end of the day, we were all so exhausted!

I can’t believe Christmas is over!  It went by so fast this year!  Now we are gearing up for a birthday party.  I have not planned anything yet.  We will probably keep it small this year.  I seriously can’t believe that my baby girl is going to be TWO!!!

I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and will be blessed for a fantastic New Year.  I know I am excited to see what this new year has in store for us!  Here are a few pictures from Christmas.  You can check out more here Christmas 2011