Macy's 3rd Christmas!

Christmas Eve has always been our night to celebrate Christmas with Grammy and Grandpa Shea. This Christmas Eve was really different from the other 28 I've had in my life. It was a sad night for sure and every one of us was missing Grammy I think from the moment we woke up.

Tradition rules, though, and I went over to Mom's to help with sugar cookies and to make my 5 dozen deviled eggs. (This is where I started to think about Grammy. She never complained about buying or boiling 5 dozen eggs. It's a hassle. They stink. You have to check the cartons before you buy them to make sure none are broken. I never heard a word of that from Grammy. She delighted in having people over for dinners and didn't ever complain about the work that came along with that. She is a testament to a good attitude.)

Katie, Bryce and I took our yearly cookie picture... :)

When we got to Sharon's, I realized we weren't the only ones that had Gram on the mind this day. There was a little tree decked out in ribbons reading, "Sweetie," "Mom," "Grammy," "GG." Underneath were presents for all of us that turned out to be a Bible from Grammy and a card from Grandpa. A very special Christmas present.

Grandpa and Macy Megan, Christmas Eve 2010!

Grandpa started off the gift-giving by reading Luke 2.

Not too long after that, Macy found this tub and spent about 25 minutes playing in it!


My cousin Jodi and her husband Micah and 3 boys were here for Christmas this year! It was so good to see them! Elliot is about 3 weeks younger than Macy. He's a doll!
All the great-grandkids got pajamas and a toy. They looked so cute lined up like little stair steps! My Grandpa has 4 children, 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. That is impressive!
Macy made a good friend in her cousin David. He's 3, and hilarious. When asked what he was thankful for this year while hanging his ornament on the tree he replied, "I'm thankful for all the food...and POOP!" He was just the comedy we needed!
Macy's loot from Great-Grandpa!

Thank you Great Grandpa!
David spent quite a lot of time with Macy in this tub. They were fast friends!



Macy's Christmas Dress. :)
Uncle Bryce!
Macy loves my new necklace almost as much as I do. She is always looking at it, trying to eat it, pull it...almost as if she knows diamonds are good things!

We did not plan for the bow of the tree to land on Mom's head. Oops! Anyway, it's a cute picture but we missed Gabe! Another note: I couldn't see Katie but had a feeling I should put my hand like that on Bryce. Saw the picture... KNEW it! Look at Katie's hand! Do I know my sister or what!?

After dinner, gifts, dessert and some chatting, we headed to church to remind ourselves what Christmas is all about.

Macy played Musical Chairs throughout this whole service since bedtime is 7 and it started at 7. I was nervous how she would do staying up an hour or so past bedtime but she did surprisingly well!
Katie led the choir in the Hallelujah Chorus, which was beautiful...
Jed took a turn with Macy when Katie sang her solo, which was tear inducing, as usual!
Mom did the majority of the work and held Macy off with Cheerios until she blurted out (SO LOUD), "Daaa Da!" to my Dad who was giving the message in front!
At the end of the service Dad played a song called, "Christmas in Heaven." I know it spoke to a lot of people in that church that were missing someone this night. It's very sad, but comforting to think about the legacy that Grammy has left us and the joy that comes with Christmas partly because of her.

Macy's 2nd Christmas!

We celebrated with my family December 23rd this year since Gabe was scheduled to work every other day. It was a BLAST! I was given this "Baby's 1st Stocking" at a baby shower last year and hung it with hopes I would have a 2009 baby before Christmas. NOT! This year it was adorable!

Macy made out like a bandit (we all did!) and got so many fun toys I'm tempted to hide a bunch and take them out a day at a time!
Our little family!
Our house goes a little bonkers for Christmas. We all love it and think all year about what to get for everyone. We don't do the whole, draw names business. We buy for everyone! It is by far the best day of the year.
One of Macy's new favorite things. My mom is awesome for finding toys that are fun, while not being annoyingly loud or too techy. I love that about her.
From my Dad, to his sons. :)
Bryce's soon-to-be new facebook profile picture.
A gift everyone got this year from Macy was a desk calendar of the top 12 pictures of her with the person from this past year. Everyone loved it. They were all different, and each very special. Good job Macy!
Again, she loved climbing all presents!
Time out to read a great new book with her Daddy!
She adored this monkey from my Dad and Mom, but I think she liked it too much since the thing deflated not long after this photo and I think it has a leak. Darn!
The perfect 1 year old gift. :)
My Mom is the best cook on earth. She can make a dinner from a jar of marshmallows and some celery. I'm not kidding you, her food is DELICIOUS! She makes it look easy! This dinner was so beautiful I had to get a picture. Turkey, mashed potatoes, orange bowknot rolls, jello, shrimp dip, spinach salad, snickers salad, cookies, pie... oh my!

Day went and picked up Grandpa Boyd and Grandma VK to join us for dinner and that was really fun.
An updated 4 generations picture!
Grammy, Grandpa and Macy, December 23, 2010
This girl was so zonked after this day of fun, she mellowed out with Uncle Bryce before hitting the sack...because she had 4 more days of parties to go to!

Macy's 1st Christmas!

On December 22, Gabe and I decided to celebrate our Christmas as a family! He had worked the night before, and came home and said, "Let's open!" We had bought Macy one gift for Christmas and she liked climbing on it more than anything. :)

We finally got her past the bow and onto the ripping of the paper...

And then she started climbing the box again. Oh well!
Gabe did awesome for me this year. He bought me a bunch of books I wanted, and a Starbucks and itunes giftcard. Then, he gave me diamonds. Yep, earrings and a necklace that I love! It was a great start to a very fun week!