Christmas 2010

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Christmas has come and gone...so quickly!  Steve's car took a beating by the time we got home we had spilled eggs and puke all over the back seat.  I will explain this later.

We spent Christmas with the Ringling's this year.  Christmas Eve we went to 4:00 mass.  Avery and Addison talked the whole time and Sully...well Sully was being Sully.  Walking up and down the pew and drawing attention to himself.  After Dave and Angie had enough with his behavior Olivia had over heard Angie say Sully is naughty and Olivia kept repeating this loudly for everyone to hear. 

As much as I would like to say that I paid attention to the sermon, I honestly can say that I don't remember a word of it.  The kids stole the show.  As we were leaving Olivia asked to have some of her crackers and generously offered some to some ladies behind us.  When they declined her her offer, Olivia's lip started to quiver and she started to cry.  It was pretty funny!  She was trying to be nice by sharing and they turned her down.  She is so sensitive!  ;)

When we got back to the McGee's, Sully ate everything in sight!  At one point I saw him with a candy cane in one hand and a piece of bread with cheese in the other.  Addison sat on the couch in front of the presents waiting to open them for about an hour while we got dinner ready.  I think she thought someone might take them.  Cullen played with his new toy he opened earlier in the day.

The meal was delicious.  Lobster bisque which Angie cooked all day, tomato salad, crab legs and rolls.  For dessert...cheese cake.  Yummy!

We had Olivia start the present opening and she was hesitant at first but by the end of the evening she was hopping right up into the chair when it was her turn.  She was very dainty when she opened her gifts.  She would rip a small piece off and hand it to me so she didn't make a mess.

The kids favorite gift was their pillow pets.  Olivia loved her Strawberry Shortcake dolls Nana had purchased and her Fancy Nancy doll she got from the McGee's.

To start off the adult present opening the kids made Dave and Angie snowflakes that had questions that I had asked on them with their answers. Then we showed the video we made over the course of 2009-2010.

We ended the evening around 10:30 p.m. so we get home before Santa arrived.  Olivia was out like a light and we had to finally wake her up at 9:00 a.m.

She opened up her gifts from Santa.  Snap and Style dolls (Giselle and Gabrielle) and a doll house Steve made by hand.  We thought she would be so excited when she walked into the playroom but she really didn't react.  She just started playing with it. 

I made an egg casserole to take to my mom's but planned on baking it when I got there so after getting it out of the half of the raw eggs had spilled all over the back seat.  Ugh!  For brunch we ate egg casseroles, bagels & cream cheese with salmon, shrimp, banana & poppy seed bread, cinnamon rolls and fruit.  We had cappuccino, coffee, hot and cold chocolate milk.

The kids opened one more gift from Nana and Papa, coloring books to keep them occupied for a while.  Then Nana and I played a game called sequence while Steve, Dave, Angie and Olivia took a nap.  Papa played with Cullen and his new leap frog game.

Sullivan ran around the whole day....no joke the whole day.  I would say "On your mark, get set, go!"  and he would run around the room.  By the time Olivia woke up from her nap at 4 p.m. Sully crashed next to Angie.  As Steve was sitting in the chair with Olivia she started to puke all over!  Of course the one time I don't bring an extra change of clothes this would be the day.  We cleaned her up and wrapped her in a blanket and took her home.  As we pulled into our neighborhood she started puking again...all over!

So Steve's car now has puke and eggs all over the back seat.  YUCK!  To top it off Steve almost puked too!  I cleaned Olivia up while Steve cleaned the car, fed her some toast for dinner with water and put her to bed at 8:00.  

Christmas is officially over!  Now it is time to get ready for Charlie's 2nd birthday tomorrow.  I am praying Steve and Olivia won't be sick. 

Merry Christmas 2010...looking forward to 2011.  Steve and I will be celebrating our 5 year anniversary on Friday..New Year's Eve and ringing in the new year with some friends.