Christmas 2010

Not ready for Santa yet!

Did someone say Santa?

Bath done!

Ready for Santa now!!!

Loving her new baby stroller!

Santa's toyshop!

Mommy and Emily!

Brandon and Emily

Em modeling her new jewels!

Well the year is almost over and Emily got to celebrate her first Christmas at home with Mommy and Brian. I think I was more excited than she was. She really doesn't understand Christmas and Santa yet. Next year I think she will totally get it and be waking us up. It was a nice peaceful morning showing Emily what Santa had brought her and opening presents as a "Forever Family" at last. I couldn't have asked for a sweeter girl. She woke up on Christmas morning hair all over and tired. Soon after a quick bath and shampoo she was sporting her Santa shirt and pigs for the day. Emily loves to look in the mirror at herself after I finish doing her hair, especially when she get pig tails put in. She always giggles and says oh! Too cute!

She loved all her gifts from Santa and us. She especially liked her doll stroller. I got her a view master as well and it only took a couple tries to figure out how it works, now she is a pro at it.

She had a lot of fun at our family Christmas with the boys. She was too cute saying her cousin Jacob's name. The day was filled with lots of excitement and fun for her so it was no wonder that she was exhausted after day two of no nap and fell asleep very quickly on Christmas night. It was a beautiful morning with my baby girl, one that I will never forget. Merry Christmas to all and a very Happy New Year!

Visit with Santa

Meeting Santa for the very first time.

Santa was so good with Emily.

Perfect picture of Santa and Emily!

My sweet pea loves Santa Claus!

We took Emily to see Santa Claus tonight! I couldn't believe the prices they were charging for a picture with Santa. The cheapest package was $20 for two 5x7's. Wow! I could see if a portion of the proceeds went to a charity of some sort, but it didn't. Thankfully, I brought my camera and was able to get a few pictures of my own.

Anyways, Emily loved Santa!!! She walked right up to him and grabbed a coloring book and sat on his lap. It was absolutely adorable. She touched his belly and then touched his mustache. So sweet and Santa was so good with her! He told her that he loved her so much, aw! I think she would have sat there all night if I would have let her, but said good bye and blew him a kiss. Emily's first visit with Santa was perfect!

Home for the Holidays!

Emily and her reindeer!

So sweet!

Emily got so excited when she saw the reindeer antlers!

They all were getting tired!

I can't believe how fast my time off with Emily went. Time flies when your having fun! I had to go back to work this weekend and I am very sad about it. I miss our family time at home on the weekends with Emily and Brian. Hoping that someday in the future I will be able to get off the weekends so we can have our family time back again.

The Holidays have been so much fun so far, we can't wait for Christmas, visiting Santa and all the firsts this Winter. So this week I decided to take some pictures of Emily with the dogs for our Christmas card this year. I brought our the reindeer antlers with bells on them for Tucker and Hayley to wear and a cute little pink Santa hat for Emily to wear. Emily got all excited when I brought them out. I did my best to get everyone situated in front of the x-mas tree too. Ya, that was fun! Two dogs and a rambunctious 3 year old, not pretty!!! I did manage to get everyone somewhat in front of the tree and now the trick was to get all three of them to look at me and Emily to smile. Oh the joys of being a mom, lol! I got some cute photos and chose one for our x-mas card this year too. My friend Jill, who adopted her little Ella from China a year before me posted on facebook a song that I would listen to every year at this time and cry. It is called "Merry Christmas" by Third Day and it is about a little girl in China waiting for her family and a family waiting for her. If you get a chance listen to it, it is a beautiful emotional song. I am so happy to have Emily home for the holidays this year. Thank you God for finally making my wish come true!