Christmas

We hope that your Christmas was just as wonderful as our own :]

Aubree's first Christmas was absolutely wonderful... busy, but wonderful :]

Christmas Eve morning, Manuel, Hannah and I took Aubree to Say Cheese in Cerritos Mall to get Aubree's Christmas pictures taken. She was not being very cooperative. She seemed to be frightened by the photographer, so he actually set up all the equipment and let Manuel take the pictures. As soon as she realized the photographer was no longer there, she was all smiles :] I'm suprised she was scared of him though. Only because she sees him once a month for her pictures, but in the end it all worked out. We actually got a lot of really great pictures!

That evening we got Aubree all dressed in her Christmas Eve pajama's and we went to my grandma's house. After we officially stuffed ourselves with food and sweets, we had the kids open their presents from the Parsons family. They only come down for Christmas Eve so they can spend Christmas at home up in Crestline. So we opened presents and just hung out for the rest of the evening. Thank you for the super cute stuffed animal and the light up ring set :] Before we went home we stopped by my friend Shannon's house and saw some friends. Thank you Shannon & Ella for the present and the sweets!

After getting home and putting Aubree to bed, I had some last minute Christmas wrapping to do. Luckily Manuel wrapped the majority of our gifts, otherwise I would of had a whole heck of a lot more to do.... Even though I only had a few gifts to wrap, it still took me over an hour! I was so done by the time I was finished. After the whole wrapping project, Manuel taught me how to play the Playstation 3 lego version of Star Wars. I'm officially hooked. It's the kids version so it makes it easy for me to play :]

At 6:30 on the dot, Aubree woke up... She sat up in her crib and said "Mom" until I finally got up and got her. She ate her breakfast and finally started to open presents with Manuel, his parents, and I. I swear, this kid opened so many toys! And it was only the start. Things like a musical table, a ball popper thing, a car/walking aid, coach coin purse, chocolate boots <3, clothes and so much more.... After what seemed liked forever, we finally got ready to go to my mom's for monkey bread and our traditional christmas at her house.

At my mom's we did stockings, and presents again, where we got some great gifts! My mom really went all out-- fun stocking stuffers, great presents (Golf pass, going to grandma's house travel set, cookbook, mommy's planner & calendar, jewelry, uggs, & so much more... Thanks Mom!) I actually got a kit to grow my own Christmas tree one day when I have my own house! I'm so excited! What an original and creative idea! I can't wait! & Manuel won the pickle contest! YAY movie tickets! :] Date night, here we come! :]

Finally when we were done opening presents we ate some monkey bread and left to my grandma's for our traditional Wichert family breakfast and more presents. Thanks to Papa, breakfast was amazing! It definitely hit the spot! Over easy eggs, hashbrowns, bacon and toast with a big glass of orange juice! YUM! Around 2 we finally started to open our second round of stockings and third round of presents! Thank you to everyone and your great gifts! We really LOVE the educational toys!

About 4 we left my family and headed off to Manuel's where we met up with his 5 brothers, sister and their families. It was definitely a full house! We ate dinner and opened our last and final round of presents... I'll just let you guess what we got here-- MORE TOYS! Aubree is never going to run out of toys... I think it's about time that her daddy and I buy her a big toy chest! Finally around 11 we rolled into a bed and fell into a coma. Thank you to everyone for your wonderful and thoughful gifts! We were truly blessed to be able to spend our holiday time with all of you! We love you!