Christmas brought special moments

There were plenty of very special moments that this Christmas brought to us. But one of my favorites definately was listening to Brooke read Aiden a story on Christmas Eve. I was able to catch it on video.

Christmas 2008

What an amazing experience this Christmas was. I have to say that I woke up at 4:15 and sat in my bed twiddling my thumbs until Aiden woke up at 5:40...I was determined to allow him to wake us up...but it was super hard for me. I wanted to wake him up and let him see what Santa brought him. I just wanted to see him open his Christmas presents so bad...of course I wanted Jimmy to see what Aiden got him and what Santa brought. and I guess a little part of me wanted to see what Santa brought me. OK so I am still a kid at heart. We had a GREAT Christmas. This year we hosted Christmas Eve and I really enjoyed it. I wouldn't be opposed to doing it again if nobody else wanted to. It made for a long few days but it was easier having everyone here than packing up a baby to go somewhere else....next year there will be 3 babies on Jimmy's side of the family...so that will make it even more fun!!!! Christmas day we went to Barbara and Mando's for our traditional Christmas breakfast...for some reason this year it tasted ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS....it is always yummy in the tummy but I was starving this year...maybe thats b/c I was too busy drinking on Christmas Eve and didn't eat. Then we headed to my parents house. My parents made a delicious dinner despite all of the catastrope's we experienced regarding the prime rib, a fire and a charred wall in the house.

Aiden made out this year with some really great gifts, he got a horse, some bath toys, some loud toys, a bike trailer, some toys to help him walk (when he is ready), a lot of clothes, some books, a very special scrapbook from Miss Katie and Uncle Robert and much more. Here are some pic's.

Meet Aiden's new best friend.....

So my son has decided to start rolling over from his back to tummy. For the past 30 minutes he has been rolling over and over and over in a circle while I paid bills and played on the computer. Wel lhe stopped suddenly and I couldn't figure out wht the deal was. I looked and figured it out...He found his new best friend.

Tree Trimming

Well we decorated our Christmas tree last weekend. Our first tree with our little Angel. We had so much fun. Well maybe that is partly because the Angel was sleeping while we decorated. But he was awake when we picked out the tree and he agreed to which tree we bought. Christmas this year is going to just be a blast with Mr Aiden.

We started a new tradition this year. I hope we can keep it up every year. We went to La Paloma last night and got a boy off their Salvation Army Tree. We chose a 1 year old boy named David. He asked Santa for some musical toys and he told us he wears 12-18months. So Aiden and I (Aiden was asleep) went to Target and got Davie a pair of pants, a t-shirt, a sweatshirt and soem musical toys. As Aiden gorws up I hope to let him pick the child we give to and let him pick out our gift to him. I want him to learn how important it is to give to others and how fortunate we have been with all the things that have been given to us.

Happy Holidays!!!

Wow what a week we just had. Jimmy has made another one of my dreams come true...He let me host my very first Thanksgiving. I enjoyed every minute of Turkey Day...and I enjoyed every minute of preparing for it...even cleaning the floors on my hands and knees. I enjoyed it so much I agreed to host Christmas Eve. Family is just so dang important to me and I have married into one of the best families I have ever come in contact with. ON Friday we took off for our annual camping trip to Doheny State Beach. We had a great time deep frying out turkey. It is always fun to spend time away and see everyone fight over my husbands perk-a-later coffee. If you haven't had it we are told it is the best. It's been a crazy few days and I still do not have the house put back together but it is getting there.

I don't have any pictures of my Thanksgiving at the house b/c I was too busy to take any...so until my SIL e-mails me some I will keep my pic's of our trip to myself. Here are some picture's of Aiden on Thanksiving morning...(I couldn't find a Thanksgiving outfit that wasn't girly so we skipped straight to Christmas)