Happy Birthday JESUS!

Christmas Morning we woke up to find that Santa had come!

 Of course, Ava was awake...but our sleepy head was snug in his bed and we had to eventually wake him up about 8:30.

 Santa's handprints on the table...

 Two excited kiddos!

 Hey....is that a CARS bike?

 My pretty Angel Girl!

 She only asked for 3 things, and was super excited to find out that Santa got her biggest request an ipod touch!

 Precious boy, still kind of tired.

 Dads doing...

We had a yummy breakfast, sang happy birthday to Jesus, got dressed and headed for another fun day at Granny and Pops!

Merry Christmas (Eve)!

Papa and Uncle Chris set up a train underneath the Christmas tree.  Bennett (and Ava) would sit there forever and watch it go around and around.  Ocasionally, Papa would sound off the horn and add some "special" liquid to make the train smoke.

 We spent Christmas Eve with my parents this year.  We opened up gifts Christmas Eve morning. BB really got into it this year.  He kept saying "another present for BB"...liked the gifts LOVED opening them up more.

 She wanted brown TOMS :)

Rolling around in ALL the paper...there was a lot!

 Best present EVER!

Uncle Chris is a pro at flying his helicopter...Papa and Nick need some work!

 Group picture!

They love their Uncle Chris and Aunt Julie...does it tell?

Don't really know what to say about this...typical BB though.

Silly BB, Silly Sissy!

On our way home, we stopped by the square in McDonough to take a few pictures in Santa's sleigh. BB was way overdone at this point but he was a trooper.

 We got home, got on our pj's, wrote notes to Santa, and layed out some treats.

Cookie Time!

Every year since Ava was a baby...and probably since I've been little we've made Christmas cookies with Mimi!  We have are gingerbread aprons ready to go and Great-Great-Grandma Buffo's sugar cookie recipe and get ready for a fun filled day!

The kids were SOOOOO excited...and Mimi was too!

 Reading the recipe with Mimi

 Rolling a ball...

Papa stepped in too to help out pressing the cookies with pretty sugar!

 Ready for them to go in the oven!

Waiting...

The end result...a warm, soft sugar cookie made with LOVE!