Christmas Dinner 2017

For Christmas dinner, we headed to Chinatown to spend the evening with my extended family! My cousin who moved to Hong Kong was back for the holidays with her husband. There are a total of 8 grandchildren of my generation on my mom's side, and we had 6 of the 8 of us under one roof! The other 2 are overseas.

Maddie had a lot of fun playing with her cousin Emilie, and everyone loved watching and holding James. We had a yummy Christmas dinner, followed by gifts for the kids.

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Christmas Morning 2017

Merry Christmas!!! Maddie was SO excited this morning! For the past couple of weeks we have been talking about Christmas. We told her that on Christmas morning, there would be lots of presents underneath the tree for her to open!  She had the best time opening up presents and even helping James open his presents. We ended the morning by relaxing with some cartoons!

 

Maddie was SO excited to receive this Raven plush doll. She gave it the sweetest hugs and kisses!

Both kids watching cartoons after a busy morning of presents!

Christmas Cookies with the Basques!

On Sunday morning I took both kids (by myself!) over to our friends house to decorate some Christmas cookies!  Maddie had a blast, she loved using the different decorations to make cookies. She made one for herself and one for Joseph. But most of all, she loved eating all the different kinds of sprinkles! She also had a fun time playing with Lily and Simon! This has become somewhat of a tradition for us and our friends, and we love it!

I LOVE Maddie's cheesy smile in this picture. She's so happy because she is eating a bowl of sprinkles!

Visiting Santa 2017

While in Tulsa we took the kits to Utica Square to visit Santa!  He was in a little house all to himself and luckily there was no wait!  Maddie was SO excited to talk to Santa after we told her that she could tell Santa what she wanted for Christmas!  James fell asleep on the car ride there so Maddie had a nice little chat with Santa by herself.  Maddie told Santa she wanted a red car for Christmas. Then she changed it to a blue boat. We took some adorable photos of just Maddie with Santa, then put James in Santa's other arm. He was still half asleep but then got grumpy once he started to wake up! It made for some cute photos!

Merry Christmas 2016!

We stayed home in Chicago for Christmas this year.  We had lots of toys ready for Maddie when she woke up Christmas morning!

The first thing she went for was her stocking that was filled with goodies from Santa. The first things she ate that morning (besides her morning milk) was a ziplock bag full of gummy candies!  (After opening all her presents I realize all she had was candy that morning, and she threw the biggest tantrum when we took it away from her!)

Maddie got so many great toys, she loved each and every one of them! Some of the toys she got that morning were: a Ball drop toy from Grandma , an OU hat and a memory card game from Grandpa and Nana, a Trampoline from Aunt Jenny, and a dollhouse from Dad!  Maddie had tons of fun in the morning and barely ate anything all morning.

After her nap, I put her in a cute Santa dress and we got ready for our Christmas dinner with Pau Pau and Uncle Jeff. When they arrived, Maddie got to open another round of presents!  Pau Pau got her a little set of Winnie The Pooh beanies! She got a Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore and Piglet! We had a delicious dinner of ham and potatoes and sides. And we actually got family photos before everyone left to go home!

Tons of pictures and videos below!!

Eating all the candy in her stocking!

The cutest smile as she settles down to watch some tv.

We potty trained this weekend! This is the first day she has worn bottoms in a few days.
This is as far as she can pull her pants up!

Giving Pooh Bear kisses