Christmas 2011

This year we had Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at our house. On Christmas Eve, Kyle's parents and my mom came over to watch Ellie open her gifts from us. Ellie really got into opening her gifts. She would immediately say, "open!" and we would have to open that toy or outfit and she'd play with it for 10 or 15 minutes before we could get her to open the next. Opening gifts was a long process!

On Christmas morning, we woke up and Ellie got her Santa gifts and stocking. We opened presents and cooked breakfast. That afternoon, Kyle's parents and my whole family came over. We had dinner, opened gifts, and watched an exiciting slideshow (more on that in another post). Ellie got lots of new toys (I mean, lots. As in, I don't know where they are going to go!), new clothes, shoes, and pajamas. She had a blast this year!

Our Tree Ellie's new car
Her new pillow pet, Bullet
Another favorite . . . Magna Doodle

New PJs and houseshoes

Us with Kyle's parents

Family pic

Us with my mom

Love those sweet cheeks! Look what Santa brought!

Ellie: "OMG! I must've been so good this year!"

I didn't take very many pictures on Christmas Day which is not like me at all!

But we had a great time and that's what matters most!

Hope you had a very Merry Christmas!

Sevier Family Christmas 2011

The last week has been somewhat rough around here! It started last Thursday morning at 3:30 a.m. when Ellie woke up throwing up. That continued until Thursday night at 8:30 p.m. Poor baby! She couldn't keep anything down but kept begging me for "eat," "drink," "milk," "juice," and "snack." She asked in every possible way and it was so hard to tell her no. Of course, when I would let her have something it just came right back up. Luckily, she woke up feeling better on Friday. We went ahead with our Christmas celebration with Kyle's family on Saturday although I was a little nervous for her to be around everyone else, especially the girls. However, I had called her doctor on Friday and got the okay. We had a wonderful Christmas with lots of good food, crafts, fun, and presents! I was all set to get everything put away on Sunday, but woke up with the virus! Not only did I have it, but Ellie seemed to have a relapse and got sick again Sunday morning! Then I got the call from Des . . . Haven had it, too! What a terrible time to get a stomach flu! I haven't had one since I was in high school, and I've had it twice in one month. I'm now crossing my fingers that Kyle and the rest of his family doesn't get it.

Here is my sweet girl napping the day she was sick Getting ready to load up presents on Saturday. I tried to use some mousse to fix her hair. You can see some curls if you look closely. Poor thing. She has a mom with board straight hair who has no clue how to fix curly hair. Lucky her Aunt Des has lots of experience!

The main thing Ellie was interested in: candy!

New shades

Opening gifts

The baby was a big hit, of course!

A Sid the Science Kid talking doll!

Christmas craft

Love this sweet baby!

Finished product: Little Rudolphs (idea courtesy of Pinterest!)

Sadie (Say-Say), Ellie, and Haven (Hafen)

Ellie and Grandma

The yearly attempt at a good family picture

Family Pic- Ellie is very in to making faces right now!

Christmas Pictures 2011

Here are some of the Christmas pictures that didn't make it on the Christmas card. We had them done with Angel Porch, and of course, she did a great job! It was so hard to narrow it down to just a few for our card and even for this post.