Andi's 1st Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! Our first to celebrate with Andi! Having her brought a whole new meaning to the holiday! We were in Bentonville for a little over a week and were busy visiting friends and family as always. If we didn't get to see you while we were home, we apologize, but we usually don't have enough time to see everyone we want to. Maybe next time! We celebrated Christmas Eve with my family and Christmas Day with Cody's family. Both families were happy to celebrate with Andi! Andi received so many wonderful gifts! Too many to tell about, but I'll highlight some of her and our favorites in the pictures below.

This was one of my favorite Christmas outfits of hers. Her Mimi gave it to her.
It looks like she's a cute Christmas present, and it has a cute saying on the back of the outfit too!
"Good things come in small packages!"

We went bowling on Christmas Eve with Grammy, Grumpy, and my sister's family. Grammy was happy to sit and hold Andi while the rest of had a great time bowling!

This is our little family ready to go to church on the Sunday before Christmas.

1. Andi with her cousins Grant and Gracie. Cousin Julia couldn't be here this year. We missed her a lot! Grant and Gracie loved holding baby Andi (as they call her). 2. A precious jewerly box from her Grand Bea. (Andi's Great-Grandma) 3. A telephone from her mommy and daddy. My sister thought it was funny that our first gift to our daughter was a phone. She loves it, and it's educational too! 4. A rainforest from her Aunt Cara, Uncle John, and Cousin Julia. She figured out how to turn it on at 7:40am this morning. Luckily, she went back to sleep to the sound of it! 5. A light up ring stacker from her Aunt Paula, Uncle Matt, and Cousins Grant and Gracie. She loves the lights and sounds it makes. 6. Another ring stacker from her Grammy and Grumpy. She was very interested in this one because it has beads in the top that move and make noise.

There were also some gifts that Andi loved giving this year! 1. She (and her cousins) gave Grand Bea a photobook full of pictures of her great-grandchildren. Each great-grandchild had pages just for him/her inside the book. She loved the book as you can see by the smile on her face. 2. Andi also loved the gift she gave her Grammy. It was a photo calendar full of pictures of herself and her cousins. Now Grammy can see her grand kids every month of the year! 3. Andi didn't give this next gift, but she still had something to do with it. Her daddy gave me a beautiful birthstone ring with Andi's August birthstone (Peridot) in it. It was a special gift that I cherish! She also gave some special gifts to her Mimi and Pappy, but they would kill me if I put their pictures on here since it was early Christmas morning when they opened them. Andi gave her Mimi a collection of pictures of her, and she gave her Pappy a coffee mug with her photo on it. Grumpy got a special gift from her too, but it wasn't anything with her photo in it. Sorry Grumpy!

Andi left Santa some yummy cookies that I made a few days earlier. She was very curious about his cookies though! In return for the yummy cookies, Santa left Andi some wonderful gifts under the tree and in her stocking too!

Andi was given some wonderful gifts by her Mimi and Pappy on Christmas morning too. 1. She received her first Razorback outfit! I can already hear her calling those Hogs! 2. She also received an Elmo Live. Elmo talks, tells jokes, dances, etc. She loves to watch him! 3. Her daddy received an iPhone, and 4. her mommy received 12 colorful place settings of Fiesta dinnerware! We had a great Christmas too!

We had a very special Christmas! Our favorite part was getting to be with our families and having our baby girl to celebrate Christmas with this year! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your families as well!