Christmas 2014

I think we (ok me) have finally recovered from our craziness of Christmas. What a whirlwind of a week! Philip and I were both exhausted and in need of some downtime after getting to have so many celebrations!  Our first Christmas was with Joy at her house. She made breakfast for dinner (at her son's request) and Santa definitely came to visit! 

Christmas Eve morning we went to Aunt Annie's for her annual brunch (my fav). We devoured some delicious food and got to visit with family. 

That night we went to Philip's Dad's and Kelly's house. We had yummy appetizers and Santa came to see Ainsley there too! :) 

 That night we put cookies out for santa and carrots for rudolph. This was probably the only real part of "santa" that Ainsley understood. because the next morning she kept running to the empty plate by the fireplace and saying "Santa… cookies… ALL GONE!" and whenever anyone asked her about santa she said "santa ate the cookies" :) 

Santa eating the cookies 

Christmas morning she slept in (probably the last year EVER she will do that). She woke up around 8 and we did our family Christmas. She was more excited that we were excited I think. Philip made a big breakfast and then we got ready and headed to my parents! 

Ainsley played for a while at nanny-pop's house and then trying to get her to nap was quite unsuccessful. So when matt and rachel got there we went on and had christmas :) (she did finally take a short nap) 

That night we went to Auntie Jo's and had dinner and played white elephant/dirty santa combined. It is always so interesting and so much fun. 

The next day we just hung out at home and that night had Budde Christmas! We hosted it this year and Mom and Aunt Ellen brought all the food. We had a yummy dinner and such a good time with them. 

Sunday we drove to Louisville to my Uncle Neil and Dale's house, where Uncle Steve, Aunt Teri and Jeff met us (from Texas). We got to visit with them, eat yummy food, see the horses- but Ainsley was almost at the end of her "Christmas rope" and so we brought her home to nap and attempt to recuperate. 

Another wonderful wonderful Christmas for us. Ainsley was so loved and so happy and we couldn't ask for more than that:)  Next post- MUDBOWL!