Family Christmas

Our little family Christmas was a little different this year. Because we spent Christmas day with Micah's family, on the road, and then with my family, it was late when we got home.  Kaden was fast asleep for the night. Since it was late, Micah & I decided to do our gifts, and let Kaden wait until the morning to open his. Once again, I didn't take any pics.  But, Monday morning when Kaden woke up, I was ready!

 

 

 

 Kaden got all kids of goodies from Mommy & Daddy. Lots of big boy clothes cause he's so quickly growing out of his. Toys & books. He was definitely blessed this Christmas!! We had so much fun with our little guy and look forward to so many more Christmases with him!!

 The following were taken after Christmas with some of his new toys!

 

More Christmas

I'm noticing as I look through pictures that with each Christmas celebration, I took less and less pictures. In fact, with my dad's side of the family, I didn't take one picture. Probably because we drove straight from Dallas to my parent's house, and as soon as we walked in, they were ready to open gifts. I didn't even get my camera from the car. Oh well, we can only do so much. Kaden got several cute outfits from my Aunts & Uncles. He also got a stuffed dog, Scout, from his cousin Cole. Kaden loves Scout. He sings & talks to him. 

 This is Christmas night with my family.

 Here dad is off to a great start to the festivities!!!

 

This is the famous stair picture, We take one every year!

My brother & sisters...not really liking the whole picture idea!

Kaden's big present from Grammie & Papa! we can't wait for it to warm up some!!

 

 

 Kaden was more interested in the paper and boxes than anything else!!

 

More diapers...that's exciting!!! 

  

 And more paper...even more exciting!!

Among other things, Kaden had an A&M beanie & snacks in his stocking. 

 

Playing with his new toys. After being in the car and passed around by family, he was ready to crawl around and play!! 

Thank you Grammie & Papa and all the other Gilberts for all of my presents!!

Kaden's First Christmas

Ok, I realize I am EXTREMELY behind on blogging. We hit the ground running the week before Christmas, and we didn't stop until Micah went back to work yesterday. And to celebrate being back on a semi-normal schedule, Kaden & I pretty much laid around and played all day yesterday. So, my goal today is to catch up on all my blogging: all of our Christmases, our vacation, and my review of 2011. Be prepared to read a lot and look at even more pictures! Here we go...

We started our Christmas celebrations in Dallas. Thursday after Micah got off work, we headed to Dallas. We spent Friday finalizing our Christmas shopping. Saturday, Christmas Eve, we had lunch with his dad's side of the family and dinner with his mom's side of the family. To say that we ate a lot would be an understatement. His Papa grilled steaks for lunch, and then his uncle made lasagna for dinner, so we consumed plenty of yummy food. You'll see in the following pics that Kaden had his share of food too. 

 Here Kaden is chowing down on a piece of toast. It kept him happy while the rest of us ate. 

 

 Kaden is being passed around at Micah's grandparents. To say he got a  lot of love and attention would also be an understatement!!

 This is Christmas morning when we woke up at Micah's parents house.

Kaden got all kinds of goodies from Grandma & Grandpops. Some gifts include diapers, feety pajamas, a book that sings nursery rhymes, a swing, and rocking chair, two train sets, and lots of other fun stuff!

 The swing stayed at Grandma & Grandpops, but we're excited to go back and swing in it!!

 Kisses from Maggie.

 After opening presents, we all gathered around the fire place to take some family pictures. 

 Daddy & Kaden

 Mommy, Daddy & Kaden

 Grandma, Grandpops, & Kaden

 Uncle Brandon & Kaden

 The whole gang

All the McMahon boys

After presents and pictures with Micah's family, we loaded up to head back South. We still had 3 Christmases to get to!!

Christmas

This was by far one of my favorite Christmases!! I think there were a lot of reasons, but mots importantly because of the newest edition to our family. We had so much fun with our little man this year. I took tons of pictures!! However, one again, we're currently in the car headed out of town, so I'll work on posting pics later. I also have high hopes of documenting (through picture) all of Kaden's gifts so we can share and give thanks through the blog, but I don't want to make any promises. I'll leave you with this. After travel to Dallas & back, and attending 5 family Christmases, 1 church service, and our own Christmas, this is how I found Kaden & Daddy Christmas night about 9:00pm.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas 

from our family to yours!

We hope this Christmas is filled with all the joy of our Savior's birth! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!