christmas 2014

This is a super photo-heavy post, but there were just so many great moments from our Christmas day that I couldn’t leave out! I loved everything about our holiday at home together as a little family of FOUR, so every one of these photos is a favorite for me.

Michael and I stayed up late on Christmas Eve. I was so excited for morning because I knew Kaya’s reaction to her cozy coupe car would be priceless. We basically stayed awake until we couldn’t anymore (around 2 am). I kept wishing it was time to wake up!
_MG_5887 We haven’t really told Kaya too much about Santa… but as soon as she saw the tree, she kept saying “a Santa!”_MG_5892

Kaya grabbed her gifts and was ready to start unwrapping right away. (Also, her expressions just crack me up sometimes!)_MG_5893 _MG_5896She started reading this book to Baba (that’s Kaelyn’s main nickname if you don’t know… given to her by Kaya, of course)!_MG_5898Just keep watching Kaelyn in these next few photos… I was cracking up over her falling-backward/trying-to-eat-wrapping-paper antics._MG_5900“My clock!”_MG_5901Kaya loves this little puppy that walks and does flips! He actually lands most of his jumps, so I’m pretty impressed._MG_5903_MG_5904 We hid the cozy coupe under a blanket, and she was pretty unsure of uncovering it. She kept saying, “a Santa!”, so we almost think that she expected a living, breathing Santa Claus to be hiding under there. She doesn’t love seeing Santa, so that would explain her uncertainty! _MG_5906_MG_5907She got in and started turning the steering wheel right away!_MG_5909 And this is why I love Christmas morning._MG_5916She decided she had to wear her coat to drive, obviously, since she always wears it in the real car!_MG_5931Two of the gifts I had for Michael weren’t here by Christmas morning, but he was excited for a new Hokie sweatshirt and some homemade chocolate peanut butter fudge under the tree! _MG_5924My favorite gift this year was delivered 6 months ago 🙂 But Michael did surprise me with a TomTom Runner (GPS watch) that I am absolutely loving so far, and a new computer monitor… I’m one spoiled girl!_MG_5890I stacked some mini donuts into snowman and reindeer shapes for a fun, festive breakfast!
_MG_5927 I think she was counting them all here… (and this was the plate for all of us, not just her, haha!)_MG_5929 I cooked some pot roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, broccoli, and homemade rolls for our Christmas dinner. My gingerbread obsession continued on, so I whipped up another half batch of cookies for us to enjoy (especially since we gave away almost all of the batch I made before)! I got crazy and dipped these in chocolate candy coating. Mmm._MG_5940Our friends, Katherine, Matt, Mia, and brand-new Baby Luke came over to enjoy dinner with us! We had a great time (Kaya and Mia especially)!
_MG_5942Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Day! I’m always sad to see it end… let the countdown begin to next year!