We had such a wonderful holiday. Christmas Eve was amazing with so much family nearby. We all gathered for an early dinner and a nativity afterwards. I though I had more pictures of the nativity but I can only find one where Emery was Mary. We did it a few times and the first time my cousin and her husband were Mary and Joseph because they have a brand new baby boy. It was so adorable. But Emery had been begging to be Mary for awhile so we did it again and let the kids change up costumes. Emery was such an attentive Mary, it was beautiful to watch. She also got to ride the donkey (good sport award goes to Tobin!) and Gavin was Joseph. My favorite costume was my little niece Hanna, she was the impromptu sheep with a big white t-shirt stuffed with batting. She looked like a little white roly-poly! It was hilarious.
After everyone left we opened up jammies from Grandma and Grandpa and put Emery to bed. Then Gavin and I got to work! We still hadn't finished her present from us. We felt like Christmas Elves, hammering and sawing away. It was fun. I'll show the before and after in the next post.
I don't love taking pictures during things...which explains why I only have phone pictures, and just a few terrible ones. I just like to live in the moment and not be so worried about taking pictures that I'm missing whats actually going on. But it's so fun to go back and look at the pictures...so maybe it's worth it...I don't know the balance yet. The above picture is just a few minutes too late, a lot of Emery's presents were opened as she sat with one arm around Gavin's neck, hugging him, and the other unwrapping. It was so cute, but of course she stopped when I went to snap a picture.
Christmas Day we had Gavin ALL TO OURSELVES! He's been really busy at work lately so it was awesome having him for a whole day. We played with presents, went to the park and on a walk, watched a movie, and just enjoyed being all together. It was our best Christmas yet!
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