Thursday, December 31, 2009

Christmas Day!

 

While we were sleeping Santa visited and left Hudson a bunch of goodies! :)

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And the snow was still with us:

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I am still amazed that we had a white Christmas. Unbelievable.  Anyway, Hudson came running to see what awaited him on Christmas morning:

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The words of the day were “Wow” and “Whoa” – that is all Hudson would say (except for when he opened a gift and said “What is it?”  Four adults got very, very excited!).

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Then it was time for stockings:

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Hudson was so excited he almost couldn’t contain himself:

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We took a milk and coffee break:

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Then we had a little breakfast:

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Monkey bread – our new Christmas morning tradition!

Then it was time for more presents:

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After all the excitement had died down, Hudson went down for a (short) nap and Trent fried the turkey:

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Then we headed over to my cousin’s house for Christmas Dinner:

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Hudson had some laughs:

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Then made himself at home:

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It was such a wonderful Christmas filled with fun, family and friends!!! 

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Christmas Eve!

We had a truly magical Christmas Eve this year.  I kept saying it was the best Christmas ever and I really think it was!  Snow really does make everything seem even more magical!  (especially when you aren’t used to it).  This was the first white Christmas North Texas has experienced since 1926!!!! We even experienced blizzard-like conditions and we were under a blizzard warning – the first ever issued for this part of the state. Crazy!!!

So, we started our day playing in the snow…(same pics as the other post, but I made them black and white just for fun):

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We spent the afternoon preparing the food for our Christmas Eve dinner and just enjoying relaxing.  After an afternoon Christmas Eve service we came home and managed to get a family picture!

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Doesn’t Hudson look thrilled??? The little one has been on nap strike the past few days and was worn out!  While Trent was finishing up dinner (we always fondue on Christmas Eve) I ran outside to take some pictures of the snow that was still falling!

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Mom brought a snowball in to show Hudson:

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Of course, he wanted to eat it:

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Hudson gets to open one present on Christmas Eve (new Christmas pj’s).  We did that before we fondued, since little man is still too little to join us in the fondue experience.

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Hudson thought putting the bag on everyone’s head was WAY more fun than the actual gift…

After Huddy said goodnight to baby Jesus:

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and read a little…

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he went off to have sweet dreams and wait for Christmas morning…

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Baking Day 2009

My mom and I always reserve one day to bake goodies for Christmas.  This year Hudson got to participate in the fun!

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And of course the best part of any baking day is tasting the results!  Here is the sweet star Huddy made:

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Success!  Looking forward to many more Christmas baking days in our future!