Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Christmas 2011

This Christmas was super hectic but so worth all the fuss. We went from finishing crafty presents, to 5 Christmas get-togethers, and finally ended with a surprise Welcome Home Party for Zach! In addition, Brooks was fighting a bad bad cough. We brought our own box of tissues to every Christmas party! Poor kid was a champ tho and made it through.
Homemade Christmas gifts in the making...
Zach said I turned in to a stage mom during "art time." I just needed him to get a little more into the painting of the paper rather than the painting of the diaper! Ha
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Christmas Eve with cousins and Grandparents
We were hesitant to bring Brooks to Kentucky due to him being sick and there being another little one at the party. We just made sure to follow him around with tissues and antibacterial! He did pretty well, but had random spouts of fussiness. I couldn't blame him though, his cough sounded terrible!
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Christmas Day at my parent's house...
We got a late start to our morning because Brooks had a hard time sleeping with his cough. But he pulled through and enjoyed playing with all of his new things!
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awesome chair from Grandma
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Christmas Day with Zach's cousins and grandparents
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kid would not leave the mayonnaise alone!

Day after Christmas with Zach's Dad
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when he plays with his dinosaurs, he says "rarrrr" No lie, its the cutest thing ever.
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a sled to go with his awesome snow suit!
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one of many homemade gifts from Ann, including a growth chart for baby, bacon vodka for Zachary (yes, bacon) and vanilla extract for myself!

Christmas with Zach's mom
We planned Christmas with Zach's mom for right before the surprise party. Then claimed we had coupons for BDubs. Well planned! We also were visited by Janice's neighbors RJ and Martina who thoughtfully brought Brooks a Christmas present...so spoiled!!!
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her tree rotates!!!!
Surprise Welcome Home Party!
The surprise went off without a hitch! Thank you to everyone who helped me keep this a secret, therefore basically doing the majority of the work! And thank you to everyone who came to celebrate, it truly meant a lot to him!
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