Sadie's 1st Christmas

Sadie had an excellent (and exhausting) first Christmas.

First up was my father's house for his annual Christmas Eve open house. We spent the evening with family and friends and Sadie was spolied by our extended family.

She received the following "awesomely" pink outfit from my cousin. I wonder what will happen if she has a girl? I'm afraid!?

This photo doesn't show the true awesomeness of the faux fur trimmed hood:
The kids had fun playing with each other. Sadie was a bit of a bully and made my cousins son cry a few times. Oh well. We decided to take this really great picture in front of the Christmas tree but it's really hard to get a picture of two 1 year olds. It's even harder to get a picture when you want them to wear adorable hats.

Sadie about to make R cry:

Sadie walked away with her adorable hat and therefore the picture never happened. Oh, and aren't the PJ's great? Except that they were sooooo big on her that I had to take them off in the middle of the night because her legs kept getting stuck up in the body of them.

Runaway elf:

Christmas Morning! Santa came and left some great toys under the tree and even one IN the tree!

Our first real Christmas tree (next year our goal is to find one that doesn't look as artificial!):

Sleepy head woke up at 8:30 and made everyone wait for her! Once up she had fun opening more presents.

Ooooh a teddy bear from FAO!

When I was a kid I always wanted to watch the Walt Disney World Christmas Day parade but my dad picked me up at noon. I missed it every year! It's basically an infomercial for the parks, resorts and cruise ships but it's still fun to watch.

Sadie watching the Christmas Parade:

Playing with some of her loot:
By the end of the day she was M-I-S-E-R-A-B-L-E.

Eating Christmas Dinner: (actually, throwing turkey on the floor for the dog to eat and then crying about it when we said "No!")

On Boxing day we went back to visit family to open MORE presents. First stop was Grandmama's apartment and Sadie got to meet her cousin for the first time. Apparently it took 2 years before the "you're never allowed to see my kids ever again" threat ended. Either that our BIL was too lazy to come and pick him up before we got there. It was very weird seeing him. He's grown up a lot and he talks so much. He's a KID and the last time we saw him he wasn't 3 yet and he was still very baby like. He talked a mile a minute and was running all over the place. When we left he asked us "Next time can you bring a different baby?". I guess since BIL only drops one of his kids off at a time he assumed we also have a stash at home???

Sadie and her cousin:

Following the trip to Grandmama's we went to my dad's house again. We came home with so many toys. A bunch of stupid happened while at my dads and I left with my brother crying in his bedroom because I told him off. I'm not going to get into it now because it's worthy of another post which I'll write in the new year --- when I have more time to blog. (;

ANYWAY...Sadie and I wore matching outfits and I didn't even notice until I saw this picture:

And this is what our living room looks like and Sadie is about to get MORE for her bday. We may need to be re-zoned as a commercial property to open a toy store.

Spoiled baby:

Can't wait for Sadie's birthday!! The fun starts tomorrow!!