Christmas 2013!

As most everyone is feeling I can't believe  Christmas has already come and gone. 

Feels like we just put the tree up!

As always we had a wonderful time seeing all our family!! So blessed to have wonderful people on both sides to spend time with. Mason had to work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day so we did have to miss on some events, but made it to as many as we could!

This year was extra special because of the two new additions we added in our household this year! And 3 new additions for our family including my new niece. My parents went from two grand kids last year to 5 this year.

Meems(my mom) with Lyla and Amelia.

This was baby D's first Christmas in our household. Hard to believe we are approaching the 1 year mark of him being part of our family! 

I don't know what we'd do without this little man.  His huge grin never gets old and he is starting to learn so many new things very quickly. 

Goofing around while listening to the Christmas story!

Some times I just look over at him and can't stand how cute he is!! With his wild hair and the most kissable chubby cheeks:)

He didn't quite grasp opening gifts this year he just sat on the present until somebody showed him there was something inside!

Obviously it was beautiful miss Lyla's first Christmas. She was 'spoiled' rotten with love and attention by everyone.

 On Masons dads side there hasn't been a girl born into the family in many generations, so they are all thrilled to have a sweet little girl join the family.

 

Lyla with two of her Christmas presents...The blanket she is laying on was a gift made by her great great Grandmother on Masons side and the dolly is from her Grammy. The doll is extra great because it has a heat pack you warm for them to cuddle with.

 Our Christmas Sweetie!

 

Snoozin....

Love her:)

Big brother Breyton was all about Christmas this year! At 4.5 he's really starting to grasp it all. We talked a lot about it being Jesus birthday and trying to help him understand the significance of it. He actually loved helping D and Lyla open their gifts and was excited for them.

He also enjoyed the preparation and helping wrap the presents! 

B playing guns and robbers with his papa (with his toy shot gun and rifle).

The boys loved all their gifts! They were too funny because they were equally excited about getting matching boxer briefs and hat/gloves as they were the toys. Breyton immediately wanted them to both put on their boxers and they ran around in them while all the family was still there. (All the pictures of them opening those gifts and looking cute in boxers are on my MIL's camera).

One of their favorite presents is the mini vacuum. As I've said before they love the big vacuum, but aren't tall enough to use it...so they are loving this and it's sort of helping me out, so it's a win win!

My favorite gift that I got was my hubby surprising me by pretending he had to go to work one day and he had really taken the day off:) Also, I've had an old blender from the early 90's since we got married and it finally went out on me, so love my fancy new blender..most importantly it doesn't smoke when in use!

All in all couldn't be more thankful for this year! 2012 was such a hard year, but God is faithful, and the tears and loss were not wasted. He strengthened our marriage and faith in such a way that could not have happened without having to lean on each other and Him to get through. Now at the end of 2013 I can see clearly His bigger plan in all of it...we trusted in Him and he blessed us in bigger ways than we could have imagined with baby D, Lyla, and the opportunity to build a new home this year. Looking forward to another new year with my loved ones...I have all that I need and pray in 2014 we can focus on blessing others....and hopefully legally making baby D a part of our family forever!