Merry Christmas

WOW!!! What a busy four days we have had! It went by so fast I was beginning to think that it was never going to end! I mean I didn't want it to end but from the looks of our house it needs to end soon! We had a great Christmas and spent lots of time with family and friends. We are so thankful that we have all of you in our lives! Tayten has spent the last four days running around non-stop playing with everything she can get her hands on! She has so many new things she doesn't know what to play with first. Tayten say's ThAnK YoU to everyone for all of her gifts, she loves them all.



Here's a run down of our Christmas festivities:

Christmas Eve- We celebrate with my Mom's side of the family. Everyone was there with exception of the "snow birds" who are in Florida for the winter. We had a great time and Santa came to visit as well. I already did a post on this so I won't ramble on. A big thank you to Aunt Connie and Uncle Ed for Tayten's baby doll and Stroller she loves it! :)



Christmas Day- What a whirl-wind. We didn't know if we were coming or going! Tayten woke up around 8:00 so we brought her down stairs and showed her what Santa brought. He brought her inflatable ball bit with a slide which was a huge hit. She went right to it and went to town so we eventually had to put it away so she would open the rest of the gifts. Once we were done with that my parents came over to do our Christmas. We had a yummy breakfast and opened some wonderful gifts. Once again Tayten got way way to much stuff. Grandpa went crazy in the toy dept. O-well!! She really likes "Chuck my talking truck" and her new horse~

Then mid afternoon we went to my aunt Tammy's house and did our gift exchange. As always it was a fun time and we all got snuggies!! (Just want I wanted!! NOT) Then we made one last stop at Grandma Kathy's and Grandpa Jim's. Tayten fell asleep on the way there so she did get in a short nap. Once again we had a great time and Tayten enjoyed playing with her cousin's. She also loves her new kitchen that she received. It's been a huge hit! Thank you so much Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Jim.



Saturday- We had Christmas at Grandma Maple's. We meet at the church so Tayten enjoyed running and playing in the gym. Santa paid another visit but I forgot my camera and she just cries anyway so it's not much to take a picture of! Anyway it was great to get see grandma and see all of the aunts, uncles and cousins that we don't see that often. We then ended back up at Grandma Kathy's and Grandpa Jim's to play with Landon and Maggie who were not there on Christmas. The kids were so excited to see Landon!! Way to cute!



Sunday- Things are starting so slow down by this point.... We went to church and then to lunch with Brent and Stacey. Thanks so much for inviting us. We made a quick stop in town and then headed back to Grandma Kathy's again to visit with Grandpa Moseley who braved the snow to come visit with us. We had a great visit.



So..here we are today. I'm looking at all these presents and thinking about how we are going to fit them all in. I have been thinking about re-doing the playroom but now we HAVE to redo the playroom. I think once we organize it a little better Tayten will play in there more. Enough rambling my mountains of laundry are waiting to be done along with the rest of this messy house.

Overall, we have a wonderful time and a blessed Christmas. We enjoyed visiting with everyone and can't wait until the next opportunity to do it again. We hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday season! Now.....on with the pictures!

Christmas Pictures

Here's the pictures! They are in no order so enjoy!!

Christmas Eve~ Santa's big arrival

Christmas Eve we got together at my Aunt Connie's house for Christmas at Santa just happened to stop by and visit. The kids were all playing in the back bedroom when he arrived so it was a big surprise to them. I think everyone enjoyed him except Tayten who was very happy when he decided to LeAvE!! I know there is a ton of pictures, sorry but we wanted Grandpa and Grandma Davis to see them! We sure missed you guys, Please send us some warmer weather:) Kasey, Lizzy, Chantel, Dakota, Bri & Tatyen

Aunt Connie

Kelsey

Bri

Kasey- She was so excited she could hardly stand it. Santa came early to her house and she said, " Santa you ate the brownie I left for you" Way to Cute

Tayten

Dakota- He told Santa he wanted a rocket for Christmas

Lizzy

Chantel

When Santa first arrived

Santa Baby...

December 2008

3 Months
December 2009
15 Months

Santa Picture

We visited Santa while at the mall Friday night. The picture shows how well she liked it! Tayten with Santa

Christmas 2009

Christmas Lights

We ventured out to Rose Lawn Acres in Rossiville and the TPA Park in Frankfort to view the Christmas lights. I was afraid that Tayten would fall asleep on the way there and miss the entire thing, but she managed to stay awake. It was to cold to roll the windows down to enjoy the music but she enjoyed it. She keep squealing in delight the entire way through the lights and even smiled at Santa when he gave her a candy cane! I was going to let her try the candy cane once we got home but she fell asleep on the way home so she missed it. I'll let her try another day! Rose Lawn Acres

How old are these things??
Rose Lawn Acres

Horse and Carriage at TPA

Carousel at TPA
Wreath drive through at TPA

Christmas Card Rejects

I was trying to get Tayten's picture for our Christmas card and you can see how well that turned out. She was unhappy about getting her clothes changed plus it had been a long day with only a 25 minute nap in the car! I did get 2 good pictures so be looking for the winning picture in your mailbox soon!

Every Little girl needs...

a PINK Christmas tree! One day while I was out shopping with my mom and sisters they spotted the pink tree and insisted that Tayten just needed to have it. My mom's reason was "I had to buy you a tree when you were little" and girls had a million reason's why she needed it. So we bought the tree and the little pink ornaments that go on it. It is super cute and Tayten had fun decorating the tree. It has no lights on it so every once and while I let her play with it. Her toy room is now decorated for Christmas!! Looking at all the ornaments
Putting them on the tree

Picking out which one she wanted to put on next

Almost done

Finished product!

Decorating the Tree

Here's our tree now that it's decorated! Tayten helped by taking all of the ornaments out of the boxes and throwing them around and saying "ball, ball" the entire time. It's a good thing those ornaments are shatter-proof. I forgot to shut the lights off to get a good picture after we decorated it so I need to do that. Enjoy! Completed tree
Hanging ornaments up top

Playing with the "ball"

Putting on the ornaments

Stay tuned for pictures of Tayten's Christmas Tree