The Greatest Gift

Our Christmas was wonderful! It has been so much fun having all of our families together and spending time laughing and enjoying one anothers company. It truly is what Christmas is all about.

This year was so much fun with Sadie, she really embodies the magic and spirit of Christmas and there is nothing quite like seeing Christmas through her eyes. She is a reminder of everything good and how it is always better to give than to receive. We were able to participate in a Secret Santa this year and she was more than willing to donate some of her gifts. We told her there was a little girl just her age that wasnt getting anything for Christmas and it about broke her heart. Whenever we went shopping she would always remind me that this little girl needed things too. We are thankful we have been blessed with everything we need and still have the opportunity to share with others.

My two favorite memories of this year will always be watching Charlie and Sadie making a card for Santa and setting out the treats for him and the reindeer. She was so excited she could hardly contain herself.

The second was placing a small present underneath Sadies tree in her room. We told her if she woke up and there was a present under her tree it meant that she had been a good girl and that Santa had come to check on her in the night. We got her a necklace with a Polynesian ivory carving of a flower. I wish I could have got her reaction on tape, it was priceless!

Some more pictures...

I started doing some sewing before Christmas and made Sadie five pairs of pajama bottoms and a blanket. I forgot how fun it was to sew and now thanks to Charlie I can start sewing up a storm, he got me a new sewing machine!

New "Big Girl" Booster Seat

Sadie's New Box Full of Dress Up Stuff
We hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Looks Who Calling...

Sadie has had one heck of a December and needed some cheering up today,

so we scheduled a special phone call from

SANTA CLAUSE!!!

The anticipation of the call was almost too much for her to bear, it was well worth the wait.

If you have any kiddies who wouldn't mind a personal FREE phone call from the big guy, check this link out!

http://www.holidayphonecalls.com/?banner=smithsfoodanddrug

Oh Christmas Tree!!!

We started a new tradition this year for Christmas, we got Sadie her very own tree and let her decorate it. Last week, a friend of ours posted pictures on her blog about her girls putting up their trees and I thought it was a perfect idea. Sadie was so thrilled and spent a lot of time placing the ornaments just right on the tree. It also doubles as a night light...thanks Cassie for the great idea!

We started putting our big tree up last week and it has been quite the headache. We got our tree out of storage and had it all set up and started decorating it and the middle sections of lights went out. Being the stubborn person that I am, I was determined to find the culprit and spent hours testing and replacing bulbs. After HOURS of no progress, I said the helk with it and made Charlie go and get a new tree at midnight on Saturday night. I woke up Sunday with a horrible toothache and have been sick the last two days so the tree decoration was put on hold. I finally started feeling better today (thanks to a root canal) and finished our big tree. As I was taking pictures, Sadie walked in and said, "that is so amazing!" She is obsessed with the big candy cane swirls and will pull them out of the tree and act like she is licking a sucker.

I love having the house all Christmasy...I may leave it all up until May.

Sadie had to take a picture with the amazing tree!

Happy Holidays Everyone!!!