Christmas is upon us!!! Or rather, Christmas kind of exploded at our house. In a good, messy, fun way. And the entire month of December was pretty much a big fuzzy blur of holiday goodness.
After taking a year off of Santa pics (2014 Santa was a little traumatic for Hailey) we headed back to see the big man himself. Somehow we managed to nail it this time...
Givens Fam & Santa 2016
Happy Girls! Stoic Santa.
We even survived the tree lot!
Posing with a tree WAY bigger than our house could fit
And this year, Hailey got to put the star up (Daddy makes her 35lbs of toddler cuteness look easy to lift)
All Smiles
The girls loved the lights...
Oh riiiiight, we should remove any and all ornaments from the bottom 24" of tree to Harper-proof them.
And this year I finaly caved and ordered us all matching stockings. Here's the thing about ordering stockings online... You should probably measure in real life, how long they're going to be or you're going to end up with this...
Pretty sure we could fit each child into their own stocking
We also got to do a fun Gingerbread-making activity at the mall this year with the added bonus of Grandma & Grandpa Givens joining us!
One VERY happy granddaughter
And what's a Christmas without our annual trip to see the Eucalyptus lights?
Daddy spent a fun night with Hailey (shopping for your truly) which meant Harper, Mommy and Grandma got a fun dinner out on the town!
Meanwhile, back at home on the weekends, we were up to our usual shenanigans...
Helping Daddy fill up her tires with air
Future biker chick
Givens Girl Biker Gang
Goofing off with presents under the tree
Present theif
Christmas Eve we headed to Uncle Jeff & Aunt Naz's house for our annual dinner & white elephant night.
Too many presents for foot traffic
Her beauty is starting to concern me...
And just before present opening, the kids all got into their Christmas Jammies, which cousin Jackson just happened to have the same exact pair! It was disturbingly adorable
The youngest Givens Cousins
Jackson
Harper
Hailey
All 4 Givens Cousins
Next year, we'll have to look for a size 18T Jammie outfit so Yosef can be included...
Hot Chocolate Bar - Basically EVERYONE needs one of these in their lives.
Gift Opening Madness
Christmas morning both girls were up by 7 and we promptly started digging into the piles of presents under the tree. Well, mostly me and Joe, but Hailey quickly caught on.
Her much anticipated Microphone from Santa
Our little singing superstar
I now give you, the Givens Rockband...
I needed more Cowbell, Joe.
Waldo & mint coins. Happy Hailey
Opening her first mint coin from Grandpa!
Later on Christmas day, we headed to Grandma Betsy's house for more family and presents opening. The girls played with cousins Felix & Josie who were visiting from Oregon. I can already tell this picture is going to be hilarious to watch evolve over the years.
Felix, Hailey, Harper & Josie
What a crazy wonderful holiday! Now if someone could please come to my house to organize all of the old and new toys we're swimming in... that would be swell.
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