Christmas 2010

Alivia loved sitting in her bumbo seat and watching her brother and sister open all their presents.

Alivia's cute little Christmas Pajama's

Hudson helping open some of Alivia's presents

I love how animated our kids are when they open presents.

Alivia and her new clothes

Santa brought her Pocahontas

Hudson loved his new Buzz Lightyear

Alivia almost gets lost in all the wrapping paper

Too much fun and no nap makes Hudson an extremley tired boy. He fell asleep in the living room watching a Christmas Movie.

Christmas Red Riding Hood

Ella & Alivia in their matching outfits.

We stayed home this Christmas which was a first in eight years. We actually spent Christmas Eve out in Kansas with all my family. Then Christmas Day we spent the day at home. It was a nice relaxing day. The kids missed playing with all their cousins but they enjoyed playing with all their new toys.

Christmas with Mom 2010

Alivia our cute little Candy Cane
All (but one) of the kids and Holly waiting for all their presents

Hudson opening

Ella very excited about her new books

Alex & Ella both really wanted these Rapunzel dolls

Alivia opening her presents

Just too much fun. It wore her out watching the kids open all their presents.

We had our second Christmas at my Mom's. The kids and adults had a lot of fun opening our presents.

Santa, Rudolph, and Cookies

Pictures with Santa
Ella telling Santa what she wanted for Christmas

Even though he was a little scared Hudson still told Santa what he wanted for Christmas

The Gingerbread house that they made. Hudson I think is on a sugar rush in this picture. He spent more time eating the candy then decorating the house.

At Ella's school they had Reindeer day. Ella wanted to be Rudolph and so of course so did Hudson.

We had a lot of fun making all kinds of different cookies. We made 8 dozen cookies and 2 dozen Reindeer cupcakes (sorry not any pictures of the finished product). Alivia was a good little baby and sat in her seat and watched us decorate.

Our Christmas Family Pictures 2010

An Elf, Two Reindeer and a Candy Cane

Our Elf and Silly Reindeer
The older two kids were dressed like Reindeer when they woke me up this morning so I had to dress Alivia in her Candy Cane outfit and get a picture in front of the tree.

So Sweet!

The cutest Candy Cane ever!

Alivia Mae 3 Months Old

Our little 3 Month Old

Our sweet girls. Ella is always wanting to wear matching outfits with Alivia. (This outfit is not an exact match but it's close enough.)

Our little girl is now three months. She is growing up so fast. We have had some new firsts this month Alivia rolled over from her tummy to her back for the first time, can sit very well in her Bumbo seat, and loves to giggle and is a constant talker. Her sleeping is going really well she only wakes up a couple of times a night cries and then she goes back to sleep. She is a fantastic little eater and is such an easy going extremely happy little girl. Recognizes her Mommy, Daddy, Sister and brother. Which the kids just love when she is gets so excited to see them.

Our Week in Photos Dec 5-12, 2010

Our cute little "Bear"

Ella writing a letter to Santa for her and Hudson.
The two of them with their letter.

Her letter completely written by Ella. She did ask for a little help with spelling.

Thanksgiving & Early Christmas

Hudson got some more Trains

Ella is really trying to learn to read so she got some presents to help her learn.
Alivia looks really excited to be opening her presents

Trying out her new Christmas present

Well after a busy Thanksgiving weekend in Hutch we hurried home to have my family over for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The kids were really excited that they got to open up some Christmas presents early.

Thanksgiving in Hutch

Trying to get a family picture
Alivia's First Thanksgiving

Alivia and Gramma

Alivia meeting Great Grandma Tucker for the first time.

Hudson loved playing Barrel of Monkey's with everyone, especially Grandpa.

Ethan & Ella waiting for Thanksgiving lunch with their Kool-aid moustaches.

The table all set with some really hungry kids waiting to eat.

Usually it's the adults on their laptops, but this time it was the kids playing Webkinz.

This year we spent Thanksgiving in Hutchinson. The house seemed a little empty with only 16 kids out of the 24 grandkids. It was a great time with family and of course with great food and we even did a little Black Friday shopping (which I will never do again).