What a fun and exciting few days we had with the kids! Lots of presents and lots of family to see! Auntie Lynn, Auntie Shanni and Auntie Erin came over and brought gifts for the kids. They started to have fun "ripping" paper off presents. They didn't really get the grasp of Christmas just yet!
Xmas Eve we went over to the Manzello's. We had a yummy dinner of lasagna and seafood. The kids loved my lasagna!! They ate every last bite!! They got some really cute outfits from Mummu and Papa as well as from Aunt April & Uncle Scott. I'll be excited to use the gift cards they got from Uncle Greg & Aunt Sheryl to buy them some cute clothes for the spring! I then gave the kids a bath and they put on their Santa outfits sent from Nana and Papa! They were such a HIT! They looked so cute - and were so ready for bed! We had to then drive Dominic home and we all went to bed when we got home!
On Christmas Day, Matthew woke up at 5:30 - so I gave him a bottle and took him downstairs to our bedroom to drink it. I didn't want him to notice the presents before Ari woke up. LOL...Like they would notice...Arianna woke up at 6:15 - so I went to get her and I gave her a bottle and we went to see the presents! The kids loved ripping the presents open - and their faces were really funny! Santa brought Matthew a dumptruck and brought Arianna a Cabbage Patch baby doll. They also got "fridge phonics" (which to tell you is WICKED annoying...) and they got a tabletop activity center. They played with their stuff for a few minutes and then were fascinated with the diaper box. We put them in the diaper box and they stayed in there playing w/each other for about 15 minutes! I guess boxes are a lot of fun! David and I exchanged gifts...and I got a new camera!!! I took 186 pictures Xmas day! LOL I had to play with my new toy!! We fed the kids breakfast and were able to Skype with Nana and Papa before we left.
We got to Grammie's & Grampa Steve's house and Uncle Brian had just arrived. David took his own car this year because I was going to stay over with the kids. The kids opened gifts from Grammie & Grampa Steve and they got a new Rocking Horse! They LOVE it!! They got some clothes and a few other cute things in their stockings too (which they now have personalized stockings for Grammie to fill each year!!) The food was yummy and we enjoyed all of the company of Steve's family and Joan even joined us this year! The kids ate stuffed shells and chicken parm for dinner - (they are like their mama - love italian food!)
We got to stay over and play with Grammie & Grampa - then we headed home early afternoon. We had a busy few days but had such a wonderful 1st Christmas!!
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