Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Christmas Afternoon

This year we were short a few people on Christmas, Mandy, Emma and Ethan were too sick to leave the house but Alex did show up and surprise Gigi.

At about 1 All the Bates family arrived and then Aaron, Angela and the kids. We ate lunch some of us way more then others and some more then they should have.


This Christmas we had a very new addition to the group, baby Ellie! Gabe decided that he needed to sit with Daddy too when he saw Ellie with Daddy!After lunch we opened presents which was pretty much mayhem!! I hardly got any pictures because at this point in the day I was exhausted and had been having contractions on and off all day.

Gabe got a really cool Thomas the Train shirt from Charles and Bella and some wooden building blocks from Uncle Andy and Aunt Angel. Gigi and Pop Pop got Gabe an Elmo Live, some more wooden train track stuff, a Doodle Pro, a sweater and corduroy pants and a couple Brio trains.

Mommy and Daddy got a gift card so we can go out to dinner and free babysitting from Gigi and Pop Pop.

2 comments:

Angela said...

Charles likes the video, he named everyone he saw.
Glad you like Gabe's shirt.
We had a nice time at the house and you and your Mom did a good job of getting everything ready.

Mandy said...

We missed being there! This was by far the worst Christmas with everyone being so sick. Other than the breathing treatments Ethan is doing much better, Thank God! I can't wait to have pictures after this Thursday night so I can post some Christmas pics of the kids opening their gifts with Gigi & Pop Pop.