Christmas Card Picture 2012

 

Christmas Day 2

 

Grandpa Glenn & Ava

Reese with her favorite Aunt

Ready to head home

Mom & Dad
We spent Christmas Day at my parents house with Shelly, Jason and kids.  It was a fun day of food, gifts, and family!

Christmas Day: VanMeeteren Side 1....

A picture of Owen with his eyes open!

The kiddos (minus Reese)

Addie & Ava 

Shelly & Reese (4 mths)

 

New Hello Kitty alarm clock from Gma Chris

 

New books with CD's from the Kleis family

 

New puzzles from Kleis family

This gift opening is serious business!

Christmas Morning 2012....

Ava posing with the gifts from Santa

New lamp for Ava's room

Christmas PJ's! 

More Polly Pockets!

Unwrapping her easel

 

Playing in the toyroom

the kids love instruments!

5 pictures of Owen on his new "motorcycle" & not one with his eyes open!

Ava with some of her gifts

The kids were pretty excited on Christmas morning.  We were surprised, but Ava did manage to sleep past 8:00 am.  She rushed in our room immediately upon waking exclaiming, "Santa came! Santa came!  He left presents!".  She couldn't have been more excited!  She could hardly wait for Owen to wake up.  Santa is a pretty big deal at our house! 

Christmas Eve 2:

 

Owen's first remote control car

 

Ava with her snow globe- her favorite gift that she asked for

 

My watch from Daddy

 

The kids "helping"to open Daddy's gift

 

Ava wanted to take our picture: she did pretty well

In his glory with new trucks and trailers

Daddy with the instruction manual to Ava's new doll bunk beds:  the first of many toys he put together!

Bedtime story
Even though we weren't gone, the kids didn't get to bed very early.  We let them play with their toys for a while and then the bedtime routine had to begin.  We set out cookies and milk for Santa, sprinkled the reindeer food Ava made at Monica's on the front yard, and we had to read The Night Before Christmas.  Ava had many questions about Santa this year.  She wanted to know how he was going to find our house, get in our house, and we had the emotional farewell to Gordy, our elf, which Santa would take with him when he came.  It was fun to make all the preparations with her and watch her excitement.  Shockingly, she did go right to sleep as we had told her Santa wouldn't come if she wasn't sleeping.

Christmas Eve at our House 1:

One of many attempts of a good pic by the tree

I told Owen he was done- never been so excited I don't think! 

Family Photos by the tree after church

 

Ava finally getting to open that first gift she's been eyeing

 

Jewelry box with her name on it

 

New dance tutu

 

Owen opening up his new truck

We had Christmas Eve at home this year which was kind of nice.  We got a few things done during the day and then went to church at our church for Christmas Eve which we have never gotten to do before because we aren't usually in town.  Church was longer than we thought and we still had to eat supper, so we didn't get started opening gifts very early.  Regardless, the kids didn't seem to lose any excitement about it.  They both were very much into tearing open those packages!