Christmas Morning 2011

This year was the first morning the girls woke up in their house for Christmas, so we were excited for them to come down to the tree and for us to spend the morning together opening and playing with their new presents. They had a lot of fun and Rob and I loved watching their faces!  My favorite gift --- a Snapfish book that Rob helped Ella make for me about things I do for her and Molly, complete with photos and her own homemade drawings!

Later in the day, Rob's family came over and brought a delicious meal for us to share (and, of course, some more great presents for the everyone).

Here are some pictures from the morning, although I think they are out of order......

Ella holding Molly's chair so she doesn't fall.

Both girls' chairs are next to the book basket in the "Book Nook"

girls in the Book Nook on Christmas morning

sweet sisters

Ella hugging her doll house

Yea!!

deciding where to put everything in the doll house

Molly's new alligator ball popper---She loved it!

peeking into the doll house

a yell of excitement upon seeing her new doll house for the first time!

Ella opening the blanket that held Ella and Molly's last gifts (their "Wow" gifts)

What's under here?

Molly playing with her new dog--She LOVES dogs and now says, "Ugh, Ugh, Ugh" whenever she hears a dog, sees a dog, or someone mentions the word dog

Ella showing me the pages of the book she made for me

hugs for a special girl

reading my book through tears

more of the book

showing me her favorite parts

looking at Molly's new gift

Molly deciding which gift to open first

Quickly trying to grab at the ornaments before anyone can catch her

What's inside?

Rob reading Ella what Santa wrote back to her

excited to see that Santa ate his cookies and drank his milk

first view of the presents

These are all for us??

setting up the "Wow" gifts on Christmas Eve

the tree and gifts on Christmas Eve