Our Christmas was wonderful. My entire family was here and endured 5 days of being in a small apartment with sick children. Although I took every precaution to ensure healthy kids, they both got croup, a terrible cold, and probably body aches all over (based on what my dad and brother are now feeling) and we made them go all over the place. Poor kids. HOWEVER, we were home for Christmas, Claire gushed so much love at Grandpa and Grandma that it ALMOST negated the fact that Jared wanted nothing to do with anyone but mom. Plus, he's getting two teeth. He has been a monster. An absolute nightmare....moving on.
After everyone filtered in on Christmas Eve we had our Anderson tradition of gag gifts on Santa's lap. We told Claire that Santa was coming that night and she was so excited! When Santa came in the room she just laughed a little and said, "MOM! That's Daddy! Daddy is dressed up like Santa!" It took Brian years of this tradition to figure it out. She liked it anyway and Jared was still scared of the bearded man.
(Sorry Jason...we didn't get a picture of yours).
Look at him being so wary of Santa.
For all the bugs this year I've had to deal with.
We were more than spoiled on Christmas morning. Claire was excited about EVERYTHING...even the clothes she got. What kid gets excited about clothes? She did and it was adorable. Jared got uninterested in opening presents after his first couple cars. He was content to just sit and play with the new loot while time passed around him. Christmas is SO much more fun with children. Gosh, a billion times more fun!
Brian gave me the most amazing gift ever made by a man! He gave me the 12 minutes of Christmas. It was basically a scrapbook made by him with a gift for every page. Super adorable and made me cry more than once.
Kindle bucks! Read the Elizabeth Smart story... amazing.
This was hilarious! He put his face on different actors, which most turned out either hilarious or awesome. He makes a pretty good spock and I didn't mind seeing his face on Thor's body either. :) haha. So funny.
He knows me so well.
New jewelry
Brian also enrolled me in an online photography class that I've wanted to take for a long time. I need something to force me to get better at taking pictures and learning new things about my camera. So far I LOVE it...although I've struggled to find the time I need to take the kind of pictures I want. Cheers to learning new things. I love it.
This has been the best lifesaver ever. My kids like trains way too much and now they have one they can tear apart and it doesn't break. Wonderful!
He shoots, he scores!
The next day we saw the Hobbit. Awesome. And then on Friday we went to the Dallas World Aquarium. I was sad that my dad was disappointed about there being animals instead of a world supply of marine life, but we think it's cool. We even got to see the shark feeding, which I liked. :) Went to Rudy's for some good BBQ, and did some outlet shopping (which is always an epic fail for me when I'm pregnant. I buy nothing).
Also, it's weird that I'm in so many pictures. Trevor and Mom were the cameramen for Aquarium day and I forgot my camera. Who knew that mom's existed on out of the house excursions, right?!
He always looks so excited. :)
Baha!
The manatee. Super cool.
Those are spider crabs....SO COOL!
Who knows what we're looking at. Penguins? This is just proof that Jason was actually there. :)
Miracles do happen, folks!
Jason: "Claire, what are those?" Claire: "MINGOS!"
Saturday was a bit of a dud. I had great plans of spending a very normal day at the most amazing park ever built and playing T-ball with the kids, but now my dad and Trevor joined the sick train and didn't go anywhere. So, that night, the rest of us went to the Chinese Lantern Festival, which was pretty amazing!
She treated this panda just like she did Santa: with a great big hello hug!
Alright, this castle....it's made out of china. Yes, those are dishes! Cups, plates, bowls, forks, spoons, knives, the whole shebang. Pretty incredible!
Can we all just notice how amazing my mom looks, please?! What a hottie!
We had a wonderful time! Now that everyone has left, we've felt a bit lonely, but we've been doing a lot more of this....
...and we're finally all better.
6 comments:
Stacy what a fun holiday!! I love seeing pictures of all your family, looks like you had so much fun with all of them.
Can you send me the name and details on that photography course?
Can you also send me the name and details on that course. Online would be perfect for me. Been dying to get better.
Love lots of the pictures, but the last one is priceless. :)
Stacy you are gorgeous!!! I hope I look half as good when I'm pregnant some day. Seriously just the cutest belly! Love you guys.
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