Christmas

How do I even capture all the magic and memories from this Christmas? This was Sienna's first year really getting it and she was so excited for every single piece. Christmas Eve started by pouring our jar of reindeer food from the north pole party and leaving cookies out for Santa. Sienna made all the cookies herself (with Dad's help) and was very proud to pick out the ones Santa would like - the doggy bone shape was the favorite.

We headed to Grammy's house to celebrate Christmas Eve with my Mom's side of the family. Sienna wore her new sparkly dress and kept saying how she looked like a princess.

The evening started with drinks and appetizers.

These 2 are just too cute!

After eating we headed to the basement for presents. Sienna and Ariana helped distribute the gifts to everyone and were very patient in waiting for their turn to open their presents. 

Christmas morning quickly came. Sienna actually slept in. I figured she'd be up early in anticipation of Santa, but she still likes her sleep. It was adorable to watch her peak through the stair railings, see that Santa had filled our stockings, and watch her get more and more excited with every step. Santa fulfilled his promise and brought her a Cinderella Barbie. 

Since all of Sienna's gifts were little, we went a bit overboard with the gifts. I didn't realize it until I saw the big stack. We actually had issues with getting her to open them all. After one was open, she'd just want to play with it instead of opening the next. It took most of the morning to finish opening all of her gifts. Such a spoiled girl!

Christmas afternoon we headed to my parents house. More food and drinks and presents. It was a fun afternoon and evening.

Sienna and Ariana both got tutus from Nana and Grandpa. The girls put them on and for some reason Ariana started belly bumping Sienna. Sienna wasn't sure what to think of it at first, but then it turned into fits of giggles from both of them (and the rest of us). Ariana had a much better belly bump than Sienna. Sienna mostly stood there and laughed or ran away to be chased. 

That's the highlights. Such a fun season but I'm ready for it to be over and normal life to resume - including having this baby!