Christmas and California Adventures

Christmas morning was wonderful. We were lucky that both my brothers, their wives and babies came to my parents house and we all got to open presents together. It has been a couple years since this has happened and of course the first with all the babies so we were all excited.

Cassidy tried to give Donovan a Merry Christmas hug but maybe he thought she was trying to bully him so he defended himself in his only possible way... with his teeth! Or maybe he was going in for an open mouth kiss. Or maybe he was bragging that he has lots of teeth and Cassidy still has NONE! Your guess is as good as mine. :)

Christmas morning, with all the babies in their cute pjs! Getting ready to open lots of presents from Santa! Aaron got a snuggie at my family Christmas Eve party the night before. He actually loved it and wore it pretty much all Christmas day! Plus we now have it at our house and he uses it all the time! He should be their new spokesman, he could say something like "Even tall ex-football players will love it!" LOL Oh and Cassidy loved all her presents as well! Here is James with Sage, she got a lot of great presents too! Dont they look so similar in this pic?Cass got this adorable hat and jacketcombo from John and Laurie. It is so cute and warm!

Here is Donovan opening all of his presents!

After we opened the presents, my brothers went to their respective in-laws. The rest of the day we really just relaxed. We went on a walk with my parents and Cassidy went down this slide that my dad has. She absolutely loved it!
Aaron, my mom and Cass goofing off.The rest of the weekend we just hung around with family. Here I am playing with D.We also got the chance to see our friends Mike & Angela. Angela is pregnant with a little girl, Cassidy and their baby will be such good friends. I am so excited!

We also went to the mall and visited with Aaron's dad, sister-in-law and our niece Mallory.

Cousins. Mallory doesnt love pictures but it is still a cute photo! Mallory loves Cassidy and it is so cute to see them interact.
We went on the merry-go-round at the mall and Cassidy loved riding the horse!
We had a great trip! We miss CA but I already have plans to come home tons in 2010. So far I am planning to come in March, May, July, August & December! I think its important that Cass gets to see her grandparents, cousins, uncles and aunts! It doesnt hurt that I also get to see my family and friends too. ;)