Merry Christmas!

I know my post is a little late, but I have been a busy girl this holiday season. In addition to having a newborn to care for, we had all our family in town! It was great fun and we really had a great Christmas. A couple days before Christmas Ian's parents and Grandma Bowles arrived. The next day the boys (except Dav) went to a BYU basketball game. Weston was so excited. He made signs and waved pom poms. Plus, the cougs won, so that's always fun!
On Christmas Eve I actually ended up at the mall. Yikes! I wasn't really shopping though so it was ok. Denny and I got pedicures. Talia snoozed the whole time, so that was nice of her. When we got home we started cooking our traditional chicken scampi dinner. Ian and Papa took the boys swimming while we cooked and made it back just in time to eat. It was delicious, of course.

After dinner the kids opened their Christmas Eve jammies. Davin was super excited to have matching 2 piece jammies like his big brother. Talia didn't get matching jammies, but hers were new too. :)
Ian's parents called it a night pretty early since they were going to come over at 7am to be there for presents in the morning. Ian and I had fun finishing up the wrapping and setting out Christmas while we watched It's A Wonderful Life. Cliche, I know, but it was lovely. I love going to bed with everything all ready for the morning.
Both of the boys woke up and knocked on their door to come out (yes, we locked them in so we could be up when they went in and saw the presents) at 4am. I told them it was the middle of the night and they needed to go back to sleep. They settled back in and didn't wake up again until 7:45. That worked out pretty well since grandparents were already here and Ian and I were up. Talia slept in until we were done opening presents, which was also convenient. Christmas was just magical for the boys this year.

They got all the things they asked for and some fun things that the didn't. Weston is a huge fan of his new double sided lightsaber. I am grateful that it can be turned off and that it can split into two lightsabers so both boys can play. Davin loves his Toy Story 3 racers and his big Woody doll. The boys are wearing their matching Superman shirts again today, so I think they are a hit too.

I got a fancy new red microwave! I know that sounds kind of lame, but I love it! Ian picked it out somehow knowing how much I wanted a new one (we've obviously been married for awhile) and I was completely surprised. I also got the gift of shopping, but Ian folded all the bills into fun clothes shapes like shirts, boots (very impressive), and a gift box that slid open and had a dollar bill ring inside. My husband is the best!
Talia didn't care much about her presents, but she got a sweet doll from my parents and some baby stuff (burp cloths, binkis, and headbands) in her stocking. I was more excited about it than she was. :) She sure was adorable in her baby's first Christmas outfit though.
We played with toys all afternoon and started cooking. My parents and sister, Jules flew in just in time for Christmas dinner, so we had a full table for dinner. It was really yummy. I did a ham, cheesy potatoes, and grated baked carrots. Mmm. Denny made pumpkin pies and real whipped cream for dessert. After dinner we opened more presents, which was great because while I was feeding Talia in the afternoon Davin came in and said "Open more presents Mom?" I told him we would open more later when Grandma B and Grandpa Bob got there.
My dad and Auntie Jules got to meet Talia for the first time.

I am so glad we were able to have all our family come to us for Christmas. It made it just so special. The boys loved having lots of people to play with, and I loved having lots of people to help me with the big ham dinner and the dishes! Just kidding, sort of. I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas with family!