Christmas Day...Just the 4 of us....

My parents, brother, Darren and in-laws headed out about 10 and then we did our lil family Christmas together!

Last year we did it while everyone was over but this year I decided I wanted to have a little time just the 4 of us!
I have to say it was just a little special time together as a family on Christmas!
Max was going to start us off with opening but Emery got a little excited and started first! Emery got the whole opening presents thing down quick this year.

Max of course LOVED everything that we gave him!

One of Emery's favorites! I told you this girl LOVES musical toys!

One of Max's FAVORITE gifts! A personalized basketball jersey. He opened it up and said "Mom, I gotta get the tags off this!"

He quickly ripped the tags off and asked to wear it! He was so excited it had the number 8 on it! He said "I have ALWAYS wanted one of these!" Made me so excited that we got it for him! I just knew it would be one of his favorite gifts!

Emery really didn't care about her actual gifts too much...she really just liked ripping the paper off and opening the boxes to see what was inside. Then she would toss it to the side and go for the next box!

Although she was pretty excited about her ball pit! Our other one bit the dust so I picked up this cute little ice cream truck one that I figured both kids would enjoy!

After the kids got done opening....Craig and I opened our stockings and gifts!

One of Craig's favorites...a Cowboys front license plate for his truck!

Emery entertaining herself during our opening...she LOVES to stand and climb on things!!

Max was entertaining himself with his boxers! The blue guy was winning of course!

My favorite gift this year! Craig made a calendar for me with pictures of the kids! So proud of him for thinking outside the box and being creative!!!

Our mess! I love opening everything and cleaning up later. This is about the only time a year that I do this...usually my OCD self doesn't cope well with messes and clutter. Ha!

Trying out the new hoop! It is adjustable so we can put it low enough for both kids to "dunk" it!!

Emery's gifts from us!

Max's gifts from us! His jersey actually has his name on the back too. You will see more pics of it as he wore it ALL day Christmas day!

Craig's gifts and his stocking stuffers!

My gifts and stocking stuffers!

Craig and I really went lite on each other this year as we just bought a new van and our other gift to each other is a gym membership that we are planning to start soon.

Overall, we had a wonderful morning together celebrating Christmas! We played a bit, got cleaned up and headed to my Mom's for Christmas at her house!

Christmas Day...Santa and Breakfast

Santa came! Santa came!!!

And he left lots of goodies!!
Emery got a kitchen!!
and a few other things...her own basketball, some books, a nice blanket with her name monogrammed of course, some play food...

Max got a HOOP! It is a SLKZ brand that is a mini professional type that adjusts from 3ft to 7ft! Great for his age and his obession!

and some other things too...some board games, a nunchuck for the wii, books, a hat, a blue basketball, and a pizza....

A little disappointed...Max usually wakes around 8am or after. However, this morning he came in our room at 7:25....Mommy, Daddy, Santa brought me a BIG hoop! Soooo sad I didn't get to see his initial reaction :( So at this point I called my mom to let her know they all needed to get over here because I wasn't sure how long I could keep Max in my room! Luckily they were all pretty much ready. Mom, Dad, my brother and Darren headed over. I got busy putting together the monkey bread while Craig and the ipad occupied Max. Since I was in the kitchen I woke up Emery in the process. Oops!

The fam got to my house so we let Max out! He ran and got his ball and made a basket right off! Thata boy! He was still so excited which was nice to see!!

I went and got little miss! She wasn't so sure about everyone being at the house this early in the morning. She was quite clingy at first. Oh and disregard my appearance we do Christmas in our pjs right out of bed! More fun that way :)

I put Emery down and she went straight to her side. Not sure how she knew it was her stuff....

And of course the first thing she grabbed was some teddy grahams! Ha! She quickly handed over her "b" and said "aw pun" (aka open) She was ready to EAT...nothing abnormal as she is usually ready to eat as soon as she gets up every morning!

Uncle Michael pointed out to Max that Santa left him a nunchuck! Max was super excited!! He couldn't wait to get it out of the box!

We let the kids open their stockings next. Max loved his little peanut butter filled sport balls!

And he loved his wallet too! He had us all cracking up because he opened his wallet and saw their was a dollar inside. He said "Just ONE?...What?" Ha! Three year olds....

Max's stocking goodies!
Emery loved her phone!

And her play necklaces!! She was super excited about these! A lot of the time I will find her trying to put any ol thing around her neck like a necklace. She is quite the mess! I just love it!

Emery's goodies!
Pawpaw and Max trying out Max's little football game that came in his stocking!

Emery trying out her kitchen while she was patiently waiting to eat breakfast!

Time to EAT! I made Pioneer Womans recipe of Monkey bread for the 2nd year in a row. I think it turned out the best ever this year!

The rest of our spread...sausage balls, breakfast casserole, cheese grits and fruit!

Emery dug right in! She loved everything but the grits. She has texture issues like me...

And my pickest child of ALL wasn't so sure about Monkey bread so he was pouting that he wanted something else. However, I was really proud of him because he did end up trying it and eating a little so that he could go back and play with his Santa gifts!

Enjoying some yummy breakfast! I do so love that everyone comes to my house Christmas morning to see the kids with their Santa and eat breakfast together! Thanks to my brother Michael and my mom for bringing the sausage balls, breakfast casserole, and cheese grits! And thanks to my MIL Susie for bringing the fruit! You guys made it a fabulous breakfast feast!

Max trying out his other nunchuck! Now he can box with someone else!! Or just box himself and always win! LOL

Pawpaw catching a little snooze while Max was playing wii. He woke up shortly after the picture and told me he wasn't sleeping...just resting his eyes...ha! Like I haven't heard that before.

Back to the kitchen! Looks like the kitchen was a winner!

Didn't take Emery long to figure out how to get into her fruit snacks!

She ate one and quickly wanted another! She was quite demanding until I had to take them away....out of site out of mind...right?....WRONG Emery goes and bangs on the pantry wanting MORE! That girl can put away some food.....

A quick family picture before the fam has to go.

But before they go...Emery wanted to put on a little dance show for them...oh yes we may have a little pole dancer in the near future. Just love how she has her necklaces and her phone. She was rocking it on the basketball goal!

And that is why we stay busy busy busy around here. This girl likes to climb and be everywhere she isn't suppose to be. Ha! Next post...our family Christmas.....