Christmas in Boise

This year we went to my parents house in Boise for Christmas. My sister Amy was in town with her kids and Mandi and Craig were also in town spending time with us and his parents! My brother Michael was there as well to complete the crew :] It was so fun to get together with the whole family and see how much all the little kids have grown! Amy had her baby, Presley, on July 19, Mandi had her baby Scarlette on September 14 and I had Brady November 17 so they are all about 2 months apart! I am excited for them to grow up and be so close in age! They were already bonding during Christmas Eve dinner at Grandmas house :]

Presley and Scarlette are both smiling lots! Brady smiled for real for the first time this week :] He has had the sleepy smiles and gas smiles, but yesterday he actually smiled back at me and it was the cutest thing ever! Here are all three of the babies together to see the size difference! Presley is so long compared to both of them for now, but I feel like Brady is going to pass up both of the girls eventually :]

This summer when all three of us sisters were pregnant, we took pictures together! It was so fun to be pregnant together and go through everything with them. And now we all have our babies here and we get to enjoy them :]

Christmas Eve was so fun with everyone there! We enjoyed our big dinner and had pie. We used to play games and do puzzles together, but it gets a little harder to do things like that with so many kids running around! Now we just play with the kids and laugh at all the cute things they do :] 

It was just Jordan, Brady, Michael and I at my parents house for Christmas morning. I remember when we were growing up we used to wake up at like 7 or 8 to open presents and my brother would get so mad that we got him up so early haha! This year we woke up around 9:30 or 10 and loved sleeping in :] 

Brady loved his first Christmas and was so happy while we were opening presents! I love when he lays on my lap and just looks up at me and smiles. I was the lucky one and got to hold him while we were opening presents. He got a few fun things from us, his grandparents, and great grandparents :]

My favorite gifts when I was growing up were games or toys that I could play with or work on all day long. This year I didn't really get anything like that, but I got plenty of things I needed! Since I didn't have any games to keep me busy, I started putting together a foam bead string that the grandchildren got from my aunt this year! 

We relaxed all day long on Christmas and enjoyed each others company. One of my favorite things about Christmas is the leftover turkey sandwiches! Mandi, Amy and their families came back over that evening for some food and to spend some time together. We were able to take some great pictures with all the families and grandchildren together :] well they were pretty good considering the patience levels of the kids!

 I am obsessed with Deagan's hair and the smirk on his face in this picture! Such cute kids :]

When we told Max he was going to hold Brady we explained that he had to be really careful with his head. Max held Brady's head like this the whole time :] What a good cousin!

After Mandi and Amy left, we played some games with my parents and ate some left over pie. I would say that it was a very successful first Christmas for our little man!