- Christmas Eve at Aaron's parents house = great food, even better company, lots and lots of toys for the baby, and driving from 9:30pm until 4am to get to Clovis in time for Christmas morning.
- Christmas day in Clovis = Santa gifts, family gifts, yummy breakfast and white elephant gift exchange at Aunt Marnee's, and a way late, but tasty Christmas dinner.
- Day after Christmas = egg and leftover ham breakfast, family pictures at Woodward park (photographer = http://www.rcjonesphotographyblog.com/ ... He's AMAZING!), a game of Risk, and Sherlock Holmes.
- Sunday = leaving Clovis at 11:45am, 2 hour break in Bakersfield, hitting crazy traffic in Barstow, and not getting home until after 11pm
Recap of our Christmas: We had an amazing time with our families and are so lucky that we got to see everyone. The entire weekend was a blast until the driving home part, but we survived! I just won't be doing two Christmases in Vegas and Clovis in 3 days ever again :) Now on to the pictures!
Our pretty baby in her Christmas Eve dress.
Playing with Amber and Krista. 
Dinner time with her new Christmas bib.
After dinner with Grandma Wendy.Loralye was SO happy to be free from her big poofy dress.
Uncle Jason had to convince her to take her toys out of the gift bag.
Fun toys from Cynthia and Jason! 
Aunt Cynthia helped her unwrap a gift.
Crawling around with Aunt Krista.
Playing with Uncle Jason.
Christmas morning breakfast at Papa and Grams's house!
The stash from Santa. LOTS of little toys, a couple books, and a Mickey and Minnie who are almost her size :)
Playing pool with Papa. She gets better every time we visit!
Aaron's in his new Snuggie :)
Loralye in her Christmas dress.
Her "My First Christmas" bib. I couldn't get her any first Christmas jammies because they don't make them in an 18 month. Go figure.
Playing with Hank's toy. She wouldn't leave this thing along all weekend, so we went and bought her one!
Aaron flying his new "Not for outdoor use" helicopter in the backyard.
That thing got WAY up there!
Bunny and Papa watching the helicopter.
Snuggling outside.
Aaron's toy landed in a tree after it got too high and lost connection with the remote control. He continued to send it way up high though and it then landed in the pool and died.
Taking pictures with Uncle Philip before dinner. Loralye had already eaten her dinner though and was ready for bed, hence the not so happy face.
In front of Grandma Veda's picture.
Being harassed a bit by her uncles while eating a little dessert. 
Shane, Nikki, and Hank. Such a cute little family :)
Playing Patty-Cake with Grams.
One of the only smiling pictures I got of Loralye all weekend. Christmas is a lot to take in for a baby.
Grams , Loralye, and Papa in front of the Christmas tree.
Me and my silly hunny.
Serving up some Martinelli's the classy way.
Te'a and Jesse ready for Christmas dinner. (No, the dog does not eat at the table!)
Bumming a second dinner off of her daddy. She's got him wrapped!
Surprisingly happy at 8:30pm.
The morning after Christmas. Butter knives and babies don't mix Papa!!
Enjoying the big backyard! Good heavens I miss that house!
Watching Hank very carefully as she steals his rawhide Christmas card.
On our way to have family pictures taken at the park.
Playing Peek-a-Boo with Papa. It's her favorite game!
Boo!
Sunday morning... Standing in Papa's truck while everyone was saying good-bye.
Waving bye-bye!
Pit stop in Bakersfield! That is Aaron's buddy Rick's little girl. She's two weeks older than Loralye, but about half her size! They're affectionately referred to as the Giant and the Midget :)
Eating dinner in Barstow. She was happy to be out of the car. Little did we know that we still had almost 4 hours to go! 
I hope you all have a very safe and fun New Year's Eve!
The stash from Santa. LOTS of little toys, a couple books, and a Mickey and Minnie who are almost her size :)
Playing pool with Papa. She gets better every time we visit!
Aaron's in his new Snuggie :)
Loralye in her Christmas dress.
Her "My First Christmas" bib. I couldn't get her any first Christmas jammies because they don't make them in an 18 month. Go figure.
Playing with Hank's toy. She wouldn't leave this thing along all weekend, so we went and bought her one!
Aaron flying his new "Not for outdoor use" helicopter in the backyard.
That thing got WAY up there!
Bunny and Papa watching the helicopter.
Snuggling outside.
Aaron's toy landed in a tree after it got too high and lost connection with the remote control. He continued to send it way up high though and it then landed in the pool and died.
Taking pictures with Uncle Philip before dinner. Loralye had already eaten her dinner though and was ready for bed, hence the not so happy face.
In front of Grandma Veda's picture.
Being harassed a bit by her uncles while eating a little dessert. 
Shane, Nikki, and Hank. Such a cute little family :)
Playing Patty-Cake with Grams.
One of the only smiling pictures I got of Loralye all weekend. Christmas is a lot to take in for a baby.
Grams , Loralye, and Papa in front of the Christmas tree.
Me and my silly hunny.
Serving up some Martinelli's the classy way.
Te'a and Jesse ready for Christmas dinner. (No, the dog does not eat at the table!)
Bumming a second dinner off of her daddy. She's got him wrapped!
Surprisingly happy at 8:30pm.
The morning after Christmas. Butter knives and babies don't mix Papa!!
Enjoying the big backyard! Good heavens I miss that house!
Watching Hank very carefully as she steals his rawhide Christmas card.
On our way to have family pictures taken at the park.
Playing Peek-a-Boo with Papa. It's her favorite game!
Boo!
Sunday morning... Standing in Papa's truck while everyone was saying good-bye.
Waving bye-bye!
Pit stop in Bakersfield! That is Aaron's buddy Rick's little girl. She's two weeks older than Loralye, but about half her size! They're affectionately referred to as the Giant and the Midget :)
Eating dinner in Barstow. She was happy to be out of the car. Little did we know that we still had almost 4 hours to go! 
I hope you all have a very safe and fun New Year's Eve!
xoxo
2 comments:
Definitely picture overload! haha jk! But they all document the wonderful Christmas you had. By the way, I'm surprised you couldn't find Christmas Jammies in her size. I know the brand Carters & Old Navy and sometimes Gap makes them that small. OH well, better luck next year! Isn't Lorelye going to be one this month??
Your hair is getting so long! I love it girl! And gotta love the Snuggies too! Looks like you had a very merry Christmas! Xo.
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