As a couple with a daughter its like grandparents galore for the holidays.
Which is totally understandable.
Everyone wants their fair share with Brynlee and to spoil her for Christmas.
But as parents and on Brynlee trucking to 4 Christmases was never an option.
Brynlee would be a cranky over tired mess and we would prob feel the same haha
So we have decided that we would make things easier on us to form a system.
This system isn't always do-able or perfect by any means...we are still trying to work our the kinks.
So starting with Christmas Eve!
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| Daddy and his princess. Why he's not wearing a jacket is beyond me... |
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| Dinner table all filled up! |
This year instead of everyone buying presents for everyone which is insane I think.
Like who really needs that much stuff?!
Anywho, we wanted to focus and get our families to really focus on the quality of time with each other and not the quantity of presents.
This is both because thats what we want Brynlee to grow up with- knowing theres more to Christmas than just presents and because like I said she and we do not need all those things.
Brynlee's favorite gifts from this year are her two $0.69 matchbox cars I got her and the play-doh my sister got her.
Enough of my soap-boxing...So this year we did White elephant
And it was FUN.
I think it will be a tradition.
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| And the stealing begins! The funnest part of white elephant! |
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| opening presents |
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| Grumps putting together her little table |
Christmas Morning
Christmas was great!
Woke, up did presents.
My mom had spent the night so in the morning she took pics of us for me.
Which was nice. For once I'm actually in the pictures! haha
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| Brynlee and her etch-a-scetch |
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| Brynlee opening her tricycle and dalton looking at his Tim Tebow book |
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| What could it be!?!? |
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| A Barbie 4-Wheeler!!!! |
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| Best gift ever |
Dalton put this in my stocking.
I did as the note said and pulled the map out.
On the map Dalton marked out places in texas, where Brynlee was born, where we had our first weekend together, where our first house was and he marked "Wicked Weekend" in Austin.
(All in calligraphy he did himself might I add)
Anyway so the date was Feb4-5 2012. So I was like what?
Then I opened the book and inside were tickets to the show Wicked in Austin!
And the notebook is to keep track of all the fun and memorable stuff we do together- because I have the worst memory.
So sweet and such a perfect gift for me :-)
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| My little bundle of joy |
