We had a wonderful Christmas this year. The girls were so much fun. Christmas Eve we made cookies for Santa and before the girls went to bed they set some out with some milk and read some Christmas stories. In the morning Brayden went to check on them and she was so excited that he had eaten them. She even did a fist pump with a "YES!"
Christmas morning Brayden woke up first and we wouldn't let her go down until Ayla woke up because they had gotten a doll house among some other things that weren't wrapped and we wanted them to see them together. It wasn't long before Ayla was up and then both went running down the stairs and were so excited they didn't even know where to start. The checked out the doll house and they also got a tinkerbell art table that were sitting out and then we decided to open their stockings first. Brayden's favorite part of the stocking was the purple gum Santa put in there for her. After breakfast we went back to the tree and the girls tore through their presents. haha It's not like it was before when they would carefully look at each one.
Then since Brant had to go out shoveling (we got about 2 feet of snow) I dressed the girls up and we went out and helped and then did some sledding. It was a blast. Last year when we took Brayden sledding she didn't want to have anything to do with it. Now she keeps asking me when we can go again. Abby even came out and enjoyed the weather with us. We tied her up to the sled with the girls and she pulled them! It was pretty funny. The girls were giggling the whole time.
Since none of the family was able to make it down here we were able to pack up and hike up to DL on Sunday to spend Christmas with everyone else. The girls as always had so much fun playing with their cousins. Of course they also loved seeing the Grandpa's and the Grandma's. Brayden always says how lucky she is to have so many Grandpa's and Grandma's that love her. :)
Her other Grandpa, Grandpa Rick also flew in on Tuesday evening so the girls were lucky enough to be able to spend some time with him as well. We enjoyed it too since we had a babysitter for NYE! It was our first NYE out in 5 years!! I couldn't even believe it when Brant figured that out. I have either been pregnant and sleeping by midnight or had a 6 month old on my hip (or boob) haha
