Merry Christmas

 Merry Christmas!!  Aaliyah celebrated Christmas four times already and has one more to go on Saturday.  We first went to church at 3:00 Christmas Eve; very crowded but a nice service and  as long as Aaliyah had her box of raisins, she did okay in church.  Then went to Tom & Cindy's for dinner.  Christmas morning, we opened presents from Santa and headed to Sheboygan for lunch at great grandmas house.  Lastly headed to John's house to celebrate with the Fernandezs. 

Christmas morning; opening presents from Santa

Mickey and Minnie Mouse Snow Globe.  She kept turning it upside down to play music, because the one in her room does.  She still liked watching the snow.

She got lots of play food and a blender!

Christmas Eve....of course she has something in her mouth, this girl loves to eat!

Her first Elmo from Aunt Debbie

Cousin Erin made her a pillow

Her new baby with crib and bottle

Visiting the North Pole

Today we took Aaliyah to see Santa in Santa Land at Boston Store.  She loved all the decorations, animals, elves and Bruce the Spruce.  It was so fun just watching her explore.  When it was time to see Santa though....not too happy.  So, we had to do a family picture, which turned out nice.

Bruce the Spruce talking to us

She was in awe of everything....

And she's off to see what's next

And last was Santa Claus

Feeding time

Birthday Party for Jesus

This past Saturday, MOPS had a birthday party for Jesus.  It was so nice Grandma Linda was able to come too.  It was at Crossroads church in the morning.  There were plenty of activities for the kids, a puppet show that told the story of Jesus and cupcakes at the end.

Looks like such a big girl with all the other kids!  I was lucky to get this shot, she wasn't here long, too busy running around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grandma's showing her the nativity scene stickers

Happy Birthday Jesus

Eating a cupcake with Grandma...probably her favorite part of the whole day!

St. Nick

Aaliyah woke up and her stocking was filled with all sorts of goodies. ( :

What's inside??

Coloring book and flashcards

Yeah, crayons!!

And a princess castle ornament

Christmas Trees

Friday night was tree lighting in the Third Ward.  It was a nice night. Santa and his reindeer were there.  We didn't stay too long; listened to the band, waited for the tree to be lit and let Aaliyah run around before heading back.

The Christmas tree lit up!

Gingerbread lady

Reindeer

Yesterday we went to the tree farm and got our first real tree.  We had a lot of fun, it was a beautiful day.  They took us on a hay ride to pick out our tree; there were so many to choose from.  There was hot cocoa and snacks.  I love having a real tree in the house, smells great. Aaliyah has been a little naughty with the tree and grabbing ornaments, but just gotta work on telling her no.  Oh and today I wrapped some presents and was gonna put them under the tree....not anymore.  Aaliyah of course wants to see what's inside.

Daddy and me at the tree farm

Enjoying goldfish by the fire

Our tree all decorated.