the chickies christmas presents from my parents- how cute are these??
we are just hanging out today…things are going smoother after a bit of a…well, holiday hangover for the girls. they both woke up crying, they were exhausted. now sadie has napped and we are back on the right track!
we had a wonderful christmas!
(pls note that sadie still makes the same distrustful/awkward face sitting on santa’s lap that she made last year. also the same face she made when she met cinderella, mickey, and that cow from chick-fil-a)
santa brought harper something she’s really been wanting and asking for for a long time. she’s been such a good girl this year, i had no doubt he’d bring it:
there was a tiny snafu when santa
um
well how do i say this
cut the brake lines on the bike when he was assembling it. that was not pretty. mrs santa claus had to go hide in her scrap room (yes, don’t you know mrs. c. scraps?) while santa yelled some not so Christmasy spirited words. luckily santa was able to fix/rig it and everyone lived happily ever after. although mrs. claus’ nerves are still frazzled.
sadie (picture inserted here for no reason, it has nothing to do with the topic at hand, it just cracks me up)
sadie got something fun from santa too. it’s a bit errrr….smaller? than santa realized? she might only get to use it for a few months, but she LOVES it.
SANTA SHOULD HAVE OPENED THE BOX BEFORE CHRISTMAS EVE. i mean thinking it was size appropriate because “the little girl on the box kind of looked like she was sadie’s age” isn’t the best measure. but santa is a really good husband and daddy and i (i mean mrs. claus) adores him, so she let it go.
ahem.
i cannot tell you how hard i have laughed at her on this thing. she runs into walls, runs over things, and is just out of control in general.
i get a bit scared when i hear the VROOM VROOM VROOOOOOM coming.
these two:
are very pleased with their gifts. they got binkies, burts bees diaper ointment…and MOMMY! because that’s all they are interested in right now anyway. it’s the gift that keeps on giving.
or the gift that keeps me chained to the armchair and shirtless. but either way, it’s what they wanted.:)
jimmy gave me amazing gifts this year. i told him that it harkens back to the days when we were dating and he REALLY wanted to impress me, so he went all out with gifts.
i think having TWO babies this year got him thinking that he should go all out again.
honestly? i already have everything a girl could want. i do. i always say i don’t “need” anything. because i don’t. but it’s nice to be spoiled every once in a while!
the babies got me ann taylor loft gift cards ( i think the bigs had a talk with them and told them i needed to work on my ‘ashion), sadie got me an amazing photograph of the savannah river and river street.
a diaper bag from j (i LOVE this)
and a JOHN DERIAN tray from paris market from harper. SQUEEEE! you know how i feel about john derian!
i was actually able to surprise j (so so hard to do) with a bluray player. he’s watching it with the girls as we speak.
so there you have it. howell family christmas was merry and bright. and we were TOGETHER. that was the best present of all.
i’m off to write more of these:
thank you cards from tinyprints.com
and enjoy a nice glass of sauvignon blanc.
did you all enjoy your holiday?
love to you all!
xxo