White Christmas!!!

It snowed last night, it was so pretty!!This year has been different for our little family, but we've had a lot of fun!

Last week we made ginger bread houses with Mike and Jon's families. It was fun, I think it was the second or third time I've made a gingerbread house. We didn't bring ours home, but it was fun making them. Avery just wanted to eat the candy...he didn't eat dinner very well that night!!

top: all of our gingerbread houses
bottom: Mike and Andy were the last to finish their houses, they were REALLY into it!

On Christmas Eve we had a gift exchange and lunch with some of Andy's siblings, it was a lot of fun. We played some fun games too. Then we came home and spent the evening in our matching pajama pants (that I made!), eating snack food, playing games and watching White Christmas.

We also set up our web camera and had my brother set his up in Missouri so we could sort of be a part of the festivities at my parents house. It was so fun being able to see everyone over there, it was my first Christmas ever away from my parents and siblings, so it was a little hard, but at least we got to see a bunch of them over the web. How great is the internet?!


After Avery went to bed we brought down all the wrapped presents and set them up around the tree. We also put together an awesome car we found for him! I love it! (so does he, thank goodness!) Then we put out the other unwrapped gifts that we got for him so he'd be able to see it all when he got up in the morning.
When Andy and I went to bed we both had a hard time sleeping all night, we kept waking up and tossing and turning. I think we both know it was because we were excited for presents with Avery in the morning...though neither of us said it out loud! :)

When we brought Avery down this morning he saw his new car and it was love at first sight! He pretty much sat in it most of the day!
He loved opening the presents and eating the "nacks" in his stocking! (that would be snacks, fyi) He was SPOILED this year, he got some great books and little cars and all sorts of other fun little toys.
now I need to go through all his toys and put some away and take some to D.I.

He loves his cars and new town mat thing...and of course his new spider man slippers!

Avery sporting his new zipper tie!

Andy and I got lots of great things too, we have way too much fun shopping for each other's gifts. We got some great new movies, some fun books and I got a splash guard for my Kitchen aid!

Christmas was so fun for me this year, with Avery everything is so much more exciting. I love listening to him talk about the Christmas Tree, the Snow and Santa. He's getting so big, I can't believe he's 18 months old!!!