Merry Christmas Sunday

Today we all got dolled up for Christmas Sunday and decided to take advantage of the festiveness with some family photos.

Gramma Goodier sent the outfits for Morgan and Pepper to wear to church.
Pepper's "Mrs. Clause" outfit was a huge hit with everyone.
Pepper especially loved trying to pull all the fluff off her sleeves.
Thank you Gramma for the wonderful clothes. Morgan really needed some Sunday outfits so this is a big help and very cute. Thank you.

I just love these handsome fellas!

Last night we opened the special Sunday outfits. This was Pepper's first present unwrapping. She would have been there all night because all she wanted to do was tear off small pieces and then tear them into even smaller pieces. Lovely!

It is almost impossible to get this kid looking at the camera with a normal face.

Oh well, I kind of like his funny faces too!

Here are the kids sporting their outfits before church, since I had no guarantee they would make it till the end of church when Daddy would be with us.

We think Pepper is teething again. She has a runny nose and is super grumpy.

She is also drooling like a leaky faucet.

Once again...lovely.

Her blotchy face was from crying ALL morning before church.

My favorite.

Sad little elf.

Last week for playgroup we met at the church and took some pictures of the kids to print out and make ornaments with. This is the face I got out of Morgan that will now be sitting on my tree forever.

Yep, you guessed it...lovely!

It has been snowing on and off the last few days. Morgan is really excited about it. Unfortunately, we don't have snow gear for him yet but I did remember that I have Jack the Pumpkin King scarf and gloves. Morgan loved them since one of his favorite movies now is The Nightmare Before Christmas. A child after my heart!

Saturday morning we went to the mall with our friends Becky, Jerry, Abby and baby Ben to see Santa. Morgan was excited to see Santa and tell him he what he wanted for Christmas. I was excited to go since this is Pepper's first Christmas and picture with Santa. For a few days I had been prepping Morgan about talking to Santa. Here's how those conversations would go:

Mommy: Morgan what are you going to ask Santa for Christmas?

Morgan: A caterpillar.

Mommy: Not a bike?

Morgan: Nope. A caterpillar.

the next day

Mommy: What are you going to ask Santa for Christmas?

Morgan: A worm.

Mommy: Are you sure you don't want to ask him for a bike?

Morgan: Nope. A worm.

We stopped by this tree farm before heading to the mall and they were giving out these little gummi worm toys. I was excited to give one to Morgan since that morning he had said that is what he wanted to ask Santa for. I jumped back into the car and showed Morgan the worm. He started screaming, "No, I want a bike. I want Santa to bring me a bike!" I finally convinced him that accepting the worm did not mean Santa was off the hook and that he would still get a bike for Christmas.

Kids are just too funny and unpredictable. You never know what they are going to say next!

(I'll post the picture once our scanner stops acting up)

After we saw Santa, Abby and Morgan got to ride a big train along with Becky.

The promise of that train is the only way we got Morgan to go talk to Santa and pose for the picture. I love being able to bribe your children! Works every time...well, almost every time.

Morgan loves any accessories.

Such a girl and a teething baby.

Here's a video of the train ride. Probably not very exciting for anyone except grandmas.

Here is a cute smile from Abby's baby brother Benjamin.

I love when babies learn to smile.

It seems like they finally come to life and start to become real little people.