The DeLorme Family: Christmas '08

I am finally getting around to posting about Christmas. I wish I had done it sooner when it was still fresh in my mind, but I will try my best:) Christmas Eve dinner was really nice. As I had mentioned, we went to a German restaurant. Ashlyn ate lots of spatzle. Ashlyn also got to see my cousin Luke. He was sitting down the table where she could not see him. After we ate, he came and sat by my Uncle. Ashlyn just sat there and stared at him. It was the funniest thing. I think Luke was a little weirded out by her staring. We enjoyed seeing family that we do not see nearly enough. After dinner, we headed to my parents house. I got Ashlyn dressed in her new Christmas pj's. I read her "The Night Before Christmas" and she was off to bed.

We woke up bright and early the next morning. Ashlyn had a great time opening her stocking. She really did open all of her gifts. It was really cute. After we opened our stockings, we had breakfast. Shortly after breakfast, Ashlyn started to get tired and a bit grumpy. I think opening all of those stocking stuffers really wore her out! Ashlyn took a nap while we opened our presents. When she woke up later, she got to open all of her gifts. She got sooooo many gifts. As I am sure you are all surprised, she is a bit spoiled:) Santa brought Ashlyn a kitchen. It was her favorite gift. She just loves playing with that thing. My Grandma made her lots of play food. She also got some dishes. She just loves to "cook". I think it has to be the DeLorme in her!

We spent the rest of the day playing with her new gifts. We also ate a wonderful Christmas dinner. It was a great Christmas. We got everything we wanted and more. It was a relaxing day spent with family. Here are a bunch of pictures from the day.

P.S.- When I scrolled down to add captions to the pictures, I was reminded of the Santa incident. My Mom bought a Santa suit last year at Target on clearance. We thought it might be fun to have around. Well, since her first Santa picture went so horribly, I asked my Dad if he would put the suit on since Joey was at work. My Dad, being a great Papa, happily obliged. As soon as he put that hat and beard on she FREAKED out! She started crying and would not get anywhere near him. So, my Dad took of the suit. She was fine after that. Well, when we got home from dinner on Christmas Eve, Joey decided he wanted to see what she would do if he wore the suit. Again, once the beard and hat went on, she was not happy. She did a tiny bit better with Joey, but still freaked out and would not let me get a picture. So, we have concluded that Santa is a VERY scary man to poor Ashlyn. I am hoping her fear diminishes by next year!

Ashlyn's Christmas shirt. It says "Grandma and Santa have my list covered".

She loves laying on this ottoman and being pushed around.

What happened when Papa turned into that scary man in the red suit.

Ashlyn and Mommy.

I love my little girl so much!

I took a picture of Ashlyn in this chair last year. My Mom and I thought it would be a cute tradition to take a picture of her in this chair every Christmas.