What a blessing to have two precious girls to celebrate Christmas with, and to be able to teach them the true meaning of Christmas. Sarah Katherine is now old enough that when we talk about Christmas she answers all the questions and really seems to understand what is going on. It just melts my heart to hear her sing Silent Night and then to look over at Charlotte Anne and know this whole holiday is about a baby - the birth of our Savior!
We kicked off Christmas Eve night going to church and we made through long enough for our family to go take the Lord's Supper, but right after that Charlotte Anne would not be contained any longer. So we found a place where she could squirm - and in fact we had quite the baby crew hanging out in the foyer! We snuck back in for the last part - they play the Hallelujah Chorus and everyone lights a candle. So beautiful!
WE came home to have dinner and open family presents, and poor baby Charlotte Anne was pooped. We put her down and so it was just the three of us. David read the Christmas story from Luke and then presents started. SK was so excited about everything! She is such a grateful child, even pumped about shirts. :)
Then it was time to get ready for SANTA! We had made special cookies for Santa the day before and he even has a special plate just for him. We also had special reindeer food to put in the driveway to be sure they didn't feel left out. Then she couldn't get to bed quick enough - don't want to chance Santa not stopping because she's still awake.
Christmas morning we all got up and SK found the two things she had been talking about for months - Stompeez (slippers) and "Barbie in a married dress with her Eric" (aka - a princess in a wedding dress with her prince). You would think pure gold was left for her!
Charlotte Anne had to work overtime because she had her stash from family still to open also, so she raked it in Christmas morning.
We checked and sure enough - Santa scarfed down his cookies and milk, and then when we checked to see if the reindeer at their food - we saw they left hoof prints! Santa and his sleigh were in our driveway for sure!!!
Next we finally looked at the news and saw a nasty storm was on its way, and we are supposed to be going to see my parents in Andalusia (south Alabama), and guess right where the storms are headed?! So, we rushed and got everyone all packed up and raced down just ahead of all the really bad weather. We had a good time hanging out with my family and the girls got even more goodies.
During the days after Christmas I got to take Sarah Katherine around my grandparents property (where my parents are living now) and it was so great to play with my daughter in the same places where I played with my grandparents. She even got to ride on a tractor my grandparents bought me when I was about her age! I am definitely getting more and more sentimental with age, and I almost lost it just seeing her so happy there.
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