Holiday Recap

I hope everyone had as great of a Christmas as we did. It sure did go by fast!

The Sunday before Christmas I was feeling awful. Very congested and running a fever. Especially no fun because I couldn't take a decongestant. Being sick and pregnant is the worst! Nick took Kennedy over to his parents house for their annual cookie decorating event while I dosed up on Tylenol and slept. I was sad I couldn't go with them but Daddy took plenty of pictures and Kennedy had a blast.

Two days later, I was thankfully feeling better. We went to the mall to see Santa. It wasn't as crowded as I thought it would be considering it was 2 days before Christmas. The line wasn't bad to see Santa but unfortunately the line to purchase pictures was really long since they only had one register going. I was also super disappointed in the shots they got of Kennedy. The pictures below are ones Nick shot from his cell phone and they are better than the ones the photographer took, ugh. Kennedy enjoyed herself though and that's all that really matters. Knock on wood, we have never had a bad Santa or Easter Bunny experience. Kennedy absolutely loves Santa and was excited to tell him she wanted a baby doll for Christmas which was hysterical to us because she already has tons of baby dolls. Plus, she will be getting a real one in the form of her baby brother in May! After we left, she was excited to wear her reindeer ears they gave her and kept yelling "santa, santa, ho-ho-ho!" It was adorable!



 Kennedy's newest baby came from my cousin Louise. The baby has a smocked dress on, perfect for my smocked dress wearing little girl!

On Christmas Eve, we always go to the 5:00 service at church and then go out to dinner at Waffle House just the 3 of us. This year, after dinner, we drove around looking at Christmas lights which Kennedy loved. When we got home, Kennedy put her cookies she made at Grandma's house out for Santa and we read the Christmas story from her children's bible. Kennedy had gone to a "Happy Birthday Jesus" party in children's church while we were in Christmas service so she wanted to sing to Jesus again, which we did and it was the cutest thing ever!

Christmas day was a ton of fun. Kennedy was so excited to open all her presents from Santa and it made my heart so happy to see the look of pure joy on her face! After nap time we went over to Grandma and Paw-Paw's house and opened presents and had Christmas dinner. Grandma and Paw-Paw gave Kennedy a princess kitchen which she was so excited about! She also had a good time playing with her cousins Lexie and Tristan.

The day after Christmas we went back to Grandma and Paw-Paw's house because Aunt Gretchen, Uncle Ben, Tabatha and Marley came up to celebrate Christmas with us from Columbia. Aunt Gretchen is a nurse in the NICU and she unfortunately had to work on Christmas. Kennedy had a blast playing with her cousins and exchanging gifts. She especially loved the Snow White dress up set she got as you can see from the picture below!

I love this picture of the cousins, minus Dakota, who couldn't be there. This will probably be Tristan's last "cousin picture" where he will be the only boy!

I thought Christmas was fun last year with a 1 year old but this year was fun times 10 with a 2 year old! Kennedy loved absolutely everything about the season and it was so fun seeing it through her eyes. I can't wait until next year when she's 3! We will also have an adorable 7 month old baby boy who will probably be crawling around into everything too, so much fun! We missed that age during the holidays with Kennedy since she was born so close to Christmas so I am looking forward to experiencing it.

How was your Christmas???