Christmas 2012

I'll start off by apologizing for the amount of terrible pictures from Christmas.  Our camera charger went MIA so I couldn't use my good camera so you all get to enjoy iPhone/Instagram photos of our Christmas celebration.  I'm still kicking myself for not buying a charger on Christmas Eve so I feel like I missed out on some great Christmas morning shots - worst.mom.ever!  (yes, I'm a little dramatic).

We started off Christmas Eve at my Aunt & Uncle's house.  We ate tons of food and played the annual white elephant present game.  This is the only picture I got - Kinley all dressed up in her fancy Christmas dress & coat from Aunt Beth!

 

We went to Rob & Sue's house after that to end our evening.

The kids tracked Santa on the computer and Kinley was VERY interested this year!  Well, maybe she just loves computers, but it still made for some cute pictures!

Maille & Christie showed us all how to do "the wobble."  Is this not normal at other family Christmas parties??  Ha!

The only Tucker Christmas picture we took.  I'm hoping someone else has one that's better than this, eek!

I got lucky and got a quick pic after Santa came!

Our 3 stockings...soon to be 4!

All ready for Kinley to wake up!

 I don't have any pictures of Kinley's excited face when I carried her out from our bedroom at 6:30am but she was actually really thrilled to see all the presents!  Luckily, we have it all on video but I'm looking like a hot pregnant mess so that video will not be posted. :)  Just trust me - there were many Ooohhs and pointing!

This girl got right down to business, trying out her new rocking elephant first.  Then she discovered her first real baby doll.  She has a paci, falls asleep and says mama, sleepy, etc.  Obviously from the picture below, this was another HIT!

She also got a puppy dog.  She loves dogs and always lets out a high pitched "oof, oof!"

Of course we needed a breakfast snack break - Cheerios to the rescue!  (Don't you think Santa should have got the hint NOT to bring toys based on the toys piled in the corner, yikes!)

Kinley finished opening her clothes (not real impressed) and other fun stuff while Scott & I exchanged gifts.

Christmas Day #1 was in the books by the time the sun came up and we were scrambling to get ready for Christmas #2 at 8am!

We opened gifts & ate breakfast at Scott's parents house and were beyond spoiled again.  Kinley got a sled, clothes, and a rock-n-ride tricycle!

(Babydoll had to come with us to our other Christmas celebrations).

By 10:30, we were on our way to my parents house to exchange gifts.  We were on a time crunch as family usually arrives for lunch right before noon.  We tore through our gifts and Kinley was really impressed again!  She loved her purse from Andy/Alicia, 2 pairs of Toms from Aunt B/Michael, tent from Coco, and wagon from G-ma & G-pa!  I loved watching her face light up with each gift because I wasn't sure if she would be super excited this year or not.  She definitely was!

She looked like a little diva carrying her purse around in her hot pink sparkly Toms!

We ate too much for lunch and lounged on the couch for the afternoon while visiting with family.  Kinley found a good spot to relax in her wagon.

We gathered all of our goodies and went back to Scott's parents for Christmas Day #4.  After dinner, we played the annual white elephant gift game.  This game gets intense and there are always some hilarious gifts dug up from other peoples basements.

Kinley was on daddys team this year and one of their gifts was a Zhuzhu pet, which she loves! ha!

Delaney acquired quite the collection of gifts during the game.

After the game, we all finally settled into the couch for a little relaxation after a huge day.  This little lady was still going strong at 9:00 even though she only took an hour nap all day!

We made some amazing memories with our families this year and had so much fun.  I'm still trying to grasp the fact that we'll have 2 babies to celebrate with next year!  Even though we're exhausted by the time Christmas is over, we are so thankful that our families live close and we are able to share so much of the holidays with them!