Christmas - Take 2

Christmas Continued....

We got to West Memphis around 8:30 on Christmas night.  Both kids slept on the drive from Mineral Springs and were ready to go when we got to Gigi's and Papa Bart's.  Owen was soooo excited to show them all of the new toys!!

Showing Ava her new puppy...

Buzz Light Year to the rescue....

By the end of the night, Gigi's living room was covered with toys.  Owen played and played all night until we finally made him go to bed so we could get up and do Christmas again the next day!

happy baby girl....

We celebrated Christmas with my family on Monday.  We all slept in (as late a Miss Ava Kate would let us), had coffee and breakfast, and then Owen started passing out the presents.  

Owen had to play with each gift for a while before moving onto the next....

He also helped Ava Kate open her presents

showing Ava her new toy....

....And Memaw too

opening presents wore Ava Kate out...

Josh's new toy... Santa must have known that mommy doesn't get to park in the garage anymore!

Owen was really excited that mommy got a new Iphone...so he could have her old one to himself!!

One of Ava's favorite toys....a peek-a-boo bear

Learning to ride his bike with a little help from Papa Bart....

Owen had a great time playing with Watson and Emma Gayle!  The Hero Box and the Geo Track were a BIG hit!!  

Ava's first pedicure!! How cute are those little toes?!?

Ava Kate and Memaw

Christmas was fun, relaxing, chaotic, and exciting!  We are so blessed to have been able to celebrate with all our friends and family!!

Christmas- Take 1

Christmas at Daddy Feck's!    

 We went down a few days before Christmas to hang out and relax.  Owen's favorite part was checking out all the animals on the farm with Daddy Feck!!

 Baby Girl in her Christmas Eve outfit...

Miss Ava Kate wasn't too happy...but I love this pic!  Owen is always lovin' on his baby sister....so sweet!

Keeping with tradition....we made a ginger bread house!  Owen had been looking forward to this for a few days and was sooooo excited about eating the candy!

Making cookies for Santa....

 We let the kids open one present each on Christmas Eve night.  It was their Christmas pajamas!!

 Our attempt to get a picture of them in their Christmas pjs...

 having a few of Santa's cookies....

reading "T'was the Night before Christmas" and the story of Jesus's birth before bed....

Buddy the elf must have reported all good things to Santa....

This was the first year that Owen understood the whole Santa thing....so we were anxious and excited to see his reaction on Christmas morning!  I'm not sure he understood exactly what was going on but when but when he saw all the toys,he got excited and ran straight to Ava's gifts from Santa! Ha!  It was priceless!  We have video that I'll upload whenever I figure out how!

Santa brought Owen a Hero Box with all kinds of costumes... a chef, Buzz Light Year, Fireman, construction worker, doctor, and super hero cape and mask! 

 how Ava Kate spent Christmas morning....

 trying out his new bike....his favorite gift from Santa!

 Our little Buzz Light Year...

After checking out all the things Santa brought, we moved on to opening presents.   Owen was very particular when it came to unwrapping his presents and had to make sure every piece of paper was removed before opening the box. ha!  He also wanted to play with every toy after opening it!

 helping daddy open presents...

 Family pics...

the girls...

 Taking his bike out for a spin....

After Santa, playing, opening Christmas presents, more playing, eating, and playing again...the kids were exhausted, so we loaded up (just in time for a nap) and heading to West Memphis for Christmas with my family!

A New Look for Christmas....

Thursday night before Christmas, Owen had a little accident that landed us in the ER!  He was ruff housing with daddy and hit his head.  Apparently he ran and dove for Josh, but missed and hit the foot peg of his Razorback Rocking horse instead!

We knew immediately that it was going to require a trip to the ER!  It was just over a year ago when we were at the same ER for his other eye... but he ended up with stitches instead of glue this time!

The stitches weren't too bad, but the shots of local anesthetic were terrible.  It took 3 of us to hold him down while the doctor stitched him up.  Luckily we were in and out of the ER in less than 45 minutes and headed home for an Ice Cream Sandwich!  It broke our hearts to see him like that, so he could have requested anything at that point and would probably have gotten it!

They put a bandage over it that night but said we could remove it the next day.  Owen was ready to get the bandaid off first thing the next morning, but was not as excited about me cleaning it and applying medicine.  

This was just 3 days before Christmas, so we'll have a ton a pictures to document his first stitches!