Christmas!!

We've had a fun few weeks around here!  For now, I'm just putting up highlights so as to not forget....I'll come back for more detail later!

Here are the kids before the Campbell Christmas gathering.  We were supposed to have had our official gathering on the 19th at Grandpa Campbell's house but he had to have bypass surgery so it turned into a more informal gathering at Uncle Bob & Aunt Pam's.  Either way, I didn't get to go because of my eye plague.

They had a great time and Chris had a blast chasing them around by himself all night! (hee hee)

On Christmas Eve Eve (a.k.a. Dec 23) The kids got a fun surprise in the form of Santa on a Yorktown Firetruck!  My mom had participated in their new fundraiser and took gifts and a donation over early for them to deliver.  The truck showed up with lights flashing and everything.  It was really cute.  I got no pictures of Santa but I did get video!

Here is Morgan modeling the shirt she got from the firetruck Santa (first in a look she should NOT be giving her mother yet at this age) and second in a fashion pose of some sort.

Next is Carter and his firetruck from the firetruck Santa and then Emma in her pretty shirt!

 

 

We also made cookies!  We often do that on Christmas Eve Day but decided we'd do it then so we could eat them then!! :)

Fun times!

Christmas Day at the other Day's

After Grandma and Grandpa Day's house and Great Grandma O'Leary's house, we headed back to Chris' parents house. Here are Emma, Morgan, and our niece Hannah waiting (very patiently) to open their presents.

Emma's new favorite game!

Carter's new ride

Chick Magnet!

Carter finally sacked out after a very long day and not feeling too great on top of it!

We had a very fun day and enjoyed being with family....I love Christmas!

Christmas Day at the Day's

Our next stop in our Christmas Extravaganza was at Chris' Grandma and Grandpa Days

First, is this picture (taken by Morgan of Chris' Grandma)
I did have a picture here taken by Morgan of Chris' Grandpa who had skin cancer treatments last week but since I can't even look at it without feeling sick to my stomach, I didn't figure anyone else would want to look at it either. It can only be described as his head looked like one of those documentaries you see where the person was stranded in the wilderness for 26 days and had severe frostbite and now their skin is dying and peeling off. We love him and I am not making fun of him at all, but it was BAD. Really, really bad. Shockingly bad. I think I'll put the picture here, but put it behind a cut so you can see it if you want to...but I'm not joking, it will make you feel sick. Again, I am not making fun of him. He is one of the sweetest people on the planet...it was just very, very shocking (and a good reminder to ALWAYS WEAR SUNSCREEN!) and did I mention he sat right next to me at lunch? Not a good combination.

Click here, and don't say I didn't warn you

Wishing you hadn't clicked it aren't you?

Here is Carter enjoying his new toy! A shape sorter barn. He loved it!

I didn't even get any pictures of the girls, I guess. There wasn't too much else happening. A dinner of scalloped potatoes (that Chris' Grandma makes really well!) lunch meat sandwiches, chicken and noodles (That Chris' Mom makes really well) and Carter ate the Day Family Men Traditional Persimmon pudding. (all the Day men like it....except Chris, because he's a Campbell his mother informs me! HA) After we opened gifts, we headed to Grandma O'Learys where we also didn't get any pictures. (I'm slacking) Then we headed to Day's house and that will be in the next post!

Christmas Morning

Morgan came into our room at about 6:40 Christmas morning and told us she'd been up since 4:40. The first thought I had was that she was going to be just delightful by 6:40 PM! We had her go back to her room until 7 and then let her wake up Emma. We let Carter sleep as long as he could though because he didn't really get the whole Santa thing anyway and we had a long day ahead of us. We came downstairs and the girls ripped into their presents!

What little girl doesn't want Santa to bring her a magnetic responsibility chart?!

Emma couldn't believe she had more presents!

Carter woke up and dug right in too! (He had some eye issues from having his sinuses all backed up and hs eyes were really gooky and matted shut when he woke up)

Santa brought Carter TWO pacis in his stocking! He didn't know what to do with them. He'd suck on one and hold the other, then switch, then switch back. It was a riot.

Morgan playing "Monster Bowling" which was actually Carter's. I'm celebrating her strike!

The girls were kind of bummed when everything was done and then suddenly, Morgan remembered their stockings!

Gotta love Dollar Tree for stocking stuffers!

Mommy and Daddy got some nice gifts too, but there are no pictures of those. Oops. :)

10 Things We Love About You book

Here are the pages to the book I made my mom for Christmas from the kids. I asked the girls what things they loved the most about Grandma and used as many of them as they gave me and then had to come up with a few more. Then I tried to find pictures I had that related to those topics. I made the pages on the computer and then I just uploaded the pages to Shutterfly and they shipped me a beautiful book all hard bound. I will do this for every gift giving occasion now, I think!

Christmas Eve at Grandma Swank's

Side note: Is there something I'm missing here? Is there an easier way to upload picture than by doing them one at a time in groups of 5 and then having them show up on here in the wrong order with big spaces between them? Ok vent over..thank you.

On Christmas Eve, Chris had to work in the morning and he got home about 1:30 in time for me to run a few errands and get a few last minute gifts since I'd been sick. Around 5, we headed over to Grandma Swank's to have dinner and open gifts. Here are the girls with Grandma checking out the loot.

The girls' big gift was iPods (well, they were cheap MP3 players but they think they're iPods so....work with me here) They were thrilled.

Taking a little break between opening, dinner, and more opening to play some ball. It looks like it should be one of those "what is wrong with this picture" things you see in Highlights Magazine!

Emma listening to her "iPod"

Carter still trying to get the hang of opening gifts

I got a Crock Pot!! And a Vacuum!!! And I was excited about it! (When I was 16, I would have shot myself thinking that in 16 years I would be excited about getting a Crock Pot and a Vacuum!)

Carter says he's done with taking pictures, thankyouverymuch!

Here is Grandma opening her "10 Things We Love About You" book that we made her on Shutterfly for Christmas. She said it was her favorite Christmas present ever! (I'll post the book too soon)

Carter's new book!
Emma modeling her new umbrella that Morgan got her! (My mom takes each girl shopping each year and lets her buy presents for each other and Chris & I...they get to pick ANYTHING they want and its usually something we'd really like! Very cute!!)

In front of the tree with Grandma Swank!

Our family!

The toy that Morgan bought for Carter

We had a wonderful time (and always do!)