Christmas Day!

Santa sure made it to our house!!  A load of presents, thanks to our families, & a 'treehouse' w/ sleeping bag to match, were on display as Elsie Anne tip-toed down the steps!!

EA w/ her sleeping bag back pack on, opening her 'Strawberry Shortcake' doll from her stocking!  She was in awe of each little gift she got.  She had to take each one in before she moved to the next one.  That's why it took us until 1pm to finish opening presents:) 

Yay!  EA was so happy to see her Ladybug Pillow Pet @ our house!  Thanks Uncle Brad, Auntie M, Brady & Logan - maybe she'll finally get over that commercial that comes on all the time:)

And, Oh My Goodness, look @ this cheesy grin when she got this gorgeous TuTu from Aunt Dana, Uncle Adam & Liam!  She wouldn't take it off until we made her @ nap time:)  Her first words when she woke up were "TuuuTuuu"!

Such an awesome gift - good, clean, fun ART - AquaDoodle!!  Thanks GeGe & Papa!!

One of her favorites of the day... Ballerina Jewlery Box!!  What a great idea GeGe & Papa!

Another favorite of the day... Cloth Doll House!  BumBum, I don't know where you got this (I've never even seen one), but she LOVED the family of Bunnies & their precious little house:)  Excuse her YoGabba-Gabba panties hat, her Daddy can be a little silly @ times!

These were just a few of the wonderful gifts EA received.  She is now completely outfitted w/ a whole new wardrobe of 2T clothes, all of which she admired after tearing into the boxes:)  She is such a girly-girl in that aspect, she loves getting new clothes!!

And we had to do another 'timer' pic of the family!  That is the cute Cloth Doll House w/ 'Elsie Anne' personalized on the roof!

I hope you all experienced the blessings that we shared today as a family!  It was amazing to see Christmas through the eyes of a toddler!  No matter how hard life & all it's obstacles get, our sweet baby girl always puts things into perspective & shows us what is really important.

I will try and upload a video of the fun sledding we did in the late afternoon!