Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve at Emmy and Tuck's house...

I love Walker's expression in this picture as he watches Lainey open one of his gifts.

Lainey thought that Grandfather was just the right person to play the maracas in her band.

"I sing ABCD song for you."

(Lainey treated us to a private concert featuring her number one hit, "The Alphabet Song.")

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Christmas morning at our house...

Lainey was so excited that Santa brought her "pwincess dowwies" (princess dollies).

Lainey kept saying that Santa brought Walker "boy stuff."

Lainey wrapped this present for me. She did it almost all by herself. Sweet baby girl.

(She really liked the gift tags.)

Walker is checking out his sister's new ballet book. And Ben is playing with Walker's new toy. :)

Lainey's new bike!

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And later on Christmas morning at Yiyia and Bud's house...

Walker has been under the weather for the past week or so. Poor kiddo. He has had a sinus infection and just has not been sleeping well since we came home from the hospital. As I've said before, he is a sensitive little one. He really doesn't sleep or eat when he's sick, and you can just tell that he's miserable. We've now (as of today) been on antibiotics for 48 hours so I hope that we start to see Walker's mood and health improve soon!

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Merry Christmas! We had such a fun Christmas season celebrating for the first time as a family of four. Lainey seemed to "get it" this year (for the most part...she still seems a little concerned that she hasn't seen Santa Claus yet) and loved the Christmas lights, the Christmas trees, the Christmas books...all of it. It was neat seeing Walker take part in all of the excitement. I think that he enjoyed his first Christmas - especially the gift bags and the gift tags and the wrapping paper. Ben and I had fun decorating and putting together toys and sharing our favorite things about Christmas with our children. I, myself, am just so thankful for all that God has given to us and provided for us. Wow. We are so blessed, so fortunate, so loved. Thanks to everyone for making this Christmas so special for our family.