Christmas morning at home

I know it's not conventional but we did our Christmas morning in the kitchen, that way I could see Dani's face when she walked out and saw her presents.

She was very happy about her new fuzzy pink crocks!

And she got a fairy dress up trunk and a box full of princess shoes!!

I think it's safe to say she was happy with her presents. I love the top right pic of her.

Daddy got a gun (which previously belonged to his dad) and Mommy got horse stuff. Dani had to wear her crown and heels, even over her footie pajamas. Our tradition is to take a picture of all of us in our new Christmas jammies in front of the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. But we were all so tired and Danica was already asleep when we got home from Grandpa's that we postponed it. There are a few jammies/tree pictures in this collage.

All this happiness makes for lots of kisses :)

Christmas Eve '09

In keeping with tradition we celebrated Christmas with Grandpa on Christmas Eve at his house. We had already done an early Christmas at his house with Joel, MaryAnn, and Ellie. Dani loved her parrot hat (yes, she's already a parrot head...AKA Jimmy Buffett fan).

Again, with tradition...we all get new pj's to wear for our Christmas picture. All of them were wrapped together and we let Dani open them.

She also got a fairy tutu, fairy slippers, and an Ariel camera.

Along with a pony! She was soooo cute "riding" it around (in her tutu).

Jim made her a present and wouldn't even let Grandpa in on it! It turned out to be a big toy box. The dog on top was named "Jim Dog" and he sleeps in bed with Dani every night.

By the time we got home Dani was exhausted so we didn't do our Christmas pj picture until the next morning.

Christmas with Tristin

12-19-09

We had a small early Christmas celebration before Tristin had to go back to his daddy. His favorite toy was a tool bench. He even let Dani try on his safety glasses and hard hat.

Causey Christmas Party

12-19-2009

We attended our friend's annual Christmas party...

First there was cookie decorating for all the kids

Of course you can't just decorate them, you have to eat them (or wear them)!

Once again Dani didn't want anyting to do with Santa

There were plenty of friends and Mommy took lots of pictures

And we even managed to get a picture of Dani with Santa and she's not crying or screaming, although I wouldn't say she was happy about it.

School Christmas Party!

12-18-2009

At school Dani and her friends made shirts to wear to their Christmas party. She was so cute and excited that morning! And sooo sugared up that afternoon!!

2009 Christmas Card

Of course we took lots of pictures for possible use on our 2nd family Christmas Card. Here are some of the better ones.

And here is the final product

If you didn't get one but would like one in 2010 just contact me and let me know.

Old pros

Here are 2 sets of old professional pictures. The first is only 3 pictures, but they were her first school pictures!!! They were taken in October '09. I made the dress she's wearing and I like the bottom picture best.

When John and I went black friday shopping we got a certificate for a free sheet of pictures. Close to Christmas we took Dani in to use that certificate. In the first picture, if you look closely, you can tell she just got done crying.

She looks so different now! So much more grown up!

I guess they do that...