Which means....Eric and I didn't get to bed 'til after 3 AM...
Luckily...our adorable Bailee slept until quarter after eight.
When she awoke...this is what she saw strewn out on the couch....
Santa was pretty cleaver...he hid the Barbie House down the hall...by the front door... And boy! Was she ever suprised! (I am sad...I didn't get a photo of her excitement when she saw her dollhouse...but, we got it on video cam...which is MUCH better)
After checking out her presents from the Big Man...she tore into the gifts under the tree...
After we opened presents we drove down to Provo and visited with Grandpa and Grandma Gatenby. They gave Bailee this awesome air-mattress-sleeping-bag...
Then we headed to my parents for some more present opening and a DELISH dinner made by my wonderful Step-Mom...Angie!
There was also a TON of DS playing...by my brothers...
(Which Eric and I ended up fighting over who got to play Guitar Hero...I'm pretty sure that we are going to buy some Nintendo DS's for our house now)
Once finished with the DS fighting...I mean playing...Eric and I left Bailee there to play for a few days and decided to 'Brave the Storm'...
What usually only takes a little over an hour to get home...took 2 and a half hours...FUN FUN!!
Anyway...we had an AWESOME Christmas this year...probably one of the best we've ever had!! And we just hope that you and yours had a great one as well!!
(I know I didn't mention anything about what Eric and I got this year....and besides the few and wonderful gifts we received from our parents...we didn't get eachother anything else....BUT...that's only because we used what money we "would" be using and put it towards our Cruise in September...so yeah...we are going on a CRUISE!!!)
I had Bailee dress up in her new Christmas Dress so that I could take some pictures of her in front of our tree.
Bailee also spent a good majority of the night tracking Santa Claus....
We lit a fire in our fireplace for the first time... (Which I may or may not have been freaking out...thinking our whole place was going to burn down....and I may or may not have made Eric fill up a few buckets of water to have on had ... just in case!)
Bailee got to open three presents....first being an adorable pillow-case made by Grandpa and Grandma Wray...
The second was the traditional PJ's...and I might add...these ones are ADORABLE!!!
And of course...the last gift had to be a toy...
After Bailee opened her three gifts, we cuddled up on the couch to watch "Home Movies"...a tradition with my Mom...it was a LOT of fun! But, made me sad to see my little Gooey so little...
Once the home movies were over...we checked the Santa Tracker and saw that he was in the United States...that meant it was time for Bailee to get the cookies and milk ready for Santa...(with a note...of course)
We put Bailee to bed and watched a little television before "Santa" showed up....
Again...pretty much the best Christmas Eve EVER!!!!
It's adorable! However, too heavy to hang on the tree...so we placed it on one of our shelves...
THANKS KRISTINA! I hope yours got to you in one piece!!!
My child is and has been asleep for the past hour...hope yours are all as well!!!
We at the Wray household want to wish all our friends and family a very Merry Christmas!!
Last weekend Bailee was invited by her friend to go see Santa with their family...here is that picture...I think it is my favorite!!
Bailee had a lot of fun playing in the snow...and Tipsee liked sitting on the balcony...
My car got COVERED!!
My sister in law, Jessica, and her family!
We are just waiting for them to get here...and Bailee is bouncing off the walls with excitement in being able to playing with her cousins!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper...some oddly shaped things I'll place in a gift bag.
