Christmas 2010

Tell me something.

How does a baby go from this...



To this...in only a year???



I can't believe how much our girl has grown.



We had three family Christmas celebrations. Each one was special and I enjoyed the time with our families. We had Alex's family over on the 23rd. This is the only pic that I took of the food. I made several things, but had to make chocolate covered peanut butter balls. I only make them during the Christmas season, so they're a special treat!



Amelia was pretty solemn the entire evening. Once her bedtime rolls around - she's pleasant, but not in the mood to smile. She has gone to bed WAY past her bed time for almost a week and has been such a trooper.



I handed her over to take this picture and she wasn't too happy with me. Here she is with all of her cousins on the Averitt side. I love how Laila & Mika are looking at Amelia! (LOL)



Opening her presents.



Her favorite gift of the night was her magna doodle. She has carried that thing around with her all over the house!



My M-I-L asked Santa to stop by and see all of the kiddos. Amelia wasn't a fan. (LOL)



We had our Christmas Eve service on the 24th. It starts at 11:30 and we end at midnight, Christmas morning. All of the kiddos come in their pjs and look so cute.



I don't know how Amelia was still awake at this point. She has that glazed-over look. :)



We were so excited for Christmas morning! At one point, Alex asked me if I wanted him to go wake Amelia. (LOL) Since we didn't put her to bed until after 1am, I thought it best to let her sleep. She woke up after 9am and we brought her out to open her presents.



We did a couple of "big gifts" and then a few little things. We didn't want to go overboard. There were so many things that we wanted to get her, but my Mom reminded us to keep her gifts age-appropriate. So we're saving some of those ideas for next year. :) One of her big gifts was this chair. She was so funny. She would just climb in and out of it and prop her legs up on the arms. She loves it!



Her other big gift was the Fisher-Price "Learning Home." It's so cute. It has a door that she can crawl through, a working doorbell, a mailbox, a window that goes up and down, etc. It was a big hit! She also received some new bath toys, a purse, clothes, & sing-a-ma-jigs. Her stocking had a personalized video and some other little things.



We had my family over on Christmas day. In regards to gifts, we did something a little different this year. We usually buy for everyone, but the 6 of us kids and our spouses decided to draw names and fill a stocking for that person.



It was a lot of fun and we've decided to do this from here on out. My stocking was full of wonderful goodies. This one made me laugh out loud. My brother drank bad milk from my fridge, 10 years ago, and just won't let me forget it. It obviously scarred him for life. HAHA!



A few more pics from the day...

Aunt E with Millie.



Family.



More of the kiddos.



On Sunday evening, we headed to my Uncle & Aunt's home to celebrate with my Mom's side of the family. This is the entire gang!



I found myself watching Amelia this Christmas and my heart felt like it could just explode. I am so grateful for the gift of her precious little life. I don't want for anything.



I have all I need.



It was a very Merry Christmas for the Averitt Fam! Looking forward to what God has in store in 2011.



Love to all,