Christmas Day

Christmas Day was just as great as Christmas Eve.  We woke up in the morning, opened Santa gifts, took our time getting ready, let the girls play a little, and headed over to my Aunt and Uncle's house.  My parents, brother, and sister met us over there.  We had a great day once again!  The girls loved playing with so many new things and were so good all day.  We could not have asked for a better holiday!

The girls woke up to this in the morning.  The note was Santa's doing and Mrs. Clause didn't know about it :)

There was no way Hailee and Hannah were letting any cookie go to waste.  Hailee took one and shared the other with her sister.

Let the gift opening begin!

Ella was so happy and excited with each gift.  It was so cute and fun!

Hannah, showing us a gift.  She squeeled after each gift that she opened.  It was so funny!  She loved presents!

Busy babies.

Mama and Hailee

Hannah's favorite gift was this shopping cart.  She pushes it all over every day, waving, saying "Bye, bye!"

Mommy and the babies

Hannah and Hailee kept sitting on these ledges on the house.  They must look like seats to them.

Daddy doing what daddies do best:  opening the toys and putting them together!

Notice the real waffles on the picnic blanket.  Cute.

All of the girls got a dress up outfit and doll.  They all wanted their outfit on and wanted nothing to do with the Christmas outfits I had intended for them to wear.  We let them be and headed off to my aunt and uncle's with two Cinderella's and a Belle!

Playing with cousin Erika.  They love her so much!

Daddy and Hannah

Hailee moved right on to open Uncle Don's gifts when she was done with her own!

Brad and Erika

Erika and Shelly

Hailee makes this hilarious face all the time now.  I think it's her "I'm trying to make a cute smile because I know you're taking a photo of me" face.

Me and my sweet girl Ella.

The best family photo we got all day.  Well, the only one at that.  Notice Ella is still in her gown.  The twins had been through the gowns, their Christmas outfits, and now pajamas and Ella is still in the same gown.

Paul and I.  I have no clue what kind of face he's making.  I think he's trying to be cool.  Ha, love you babe!

Girly Girls

I feel like now that Hailee and Hannah are starting to have their own interests and show their personalities more, they are following closely in Ella's steps.  They all love all things girl!  Our favorite things to do around here are dress up and play baby dolls.  Hannah and Hailee want me to dress (and then they undress) their baby dolls literally 15-20 times per day.  They are so nurturing and it is just adorable.  They love to feed, push, wrap, and carry their dolls around everywhere.  They also LOVE anything Disney Princess or Minnie, also just like big sis.  I can't wait to see how much fun they will have with some new gifts they are getting for Christmas this year.  Below are some fun photos from a morning of dress up last week. 

Hailee as Minnie.  She loved the ears so much and didn't want to take them off!

Hannah as Aurora

Hugs (or choke-hold) for Aurora

Fun in Ella's Princess room!

I always swore I would not have some cheesy character room set for my girl's rooms.  For Ella's birthday she got a princess comforter set for her toddler bed, wall decals, and some other princess decor.  She absolutely LOVES it all!  She wakes up and says "hi" and "good morning" to her princesses on her wall.  Surprisingly, it doesn't even look cheap or cheesy and I just love that she is so happy in her room!

Hannah jumping on Ella's bed.  All three girls love jumping on Ella's bed together!

Changing into another princess outfit!

Can't forget the heels!  They sure do love their heels!

This is the same little tea set that Ella and her friend were playing with in a recent post.  I laid these towels out on the ottoman one day and let the girls have a tea party.  They had so much fun!  *If you are wondering why the girls are dressed for summer, it is simply because I choose my battles with the girls these days.  Ella wanted to wear this sundress so bad the one day and then she wanted her sisters to "match me" so I put them in dresses too.  I really don't care what they wear when we are just hanging out around the house.  Ella is SO opinionated about what she wears that sometimes it is just not worth arguing with her about it!

Tea Party fun!

Ella helping Hailee get the last sip of tea.

Pouring a cup for Hannah too!

Mmmmm, good! :)