We had a beautiful 1st Christmas as a family of 4! Christmas Eve we ventured out to mass with my parents, Nick, Brooke, Dominick, Owen, and Nancy (Brooke's mom). Afterward everyone came back to our house for dinner. [ham, turkey breast with gravy, cheesey potato casserole, homemade pierogi (by yours truly)cheese and kraut - 2 kinds, not mixed together, corn casserole] Dessert included fudge, potato chip cookies, Christmas tree spritz, oreo balls, and Brooke made melting moments. Jamie's family normally is here, too, but his niece had just come down with strep the same day, so we actually still haven't celebrated with them yet.
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| me and Gabriella |
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| Jamie and Gabriella |
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| me and Benjamin |
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| Nick and Dominick |
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| Benjamin and Owen |
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| Brooke and Owen |
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| Dominick and the dessert |
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| my mom and Gabriella |
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| Nick, Owen, and my dad |
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| Gabriella |
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| Benjamin |
We put out cookies and milk for Santa and some carrots for the reindeer. Blitzen does not like carrots and when Santa is not looking he spits them out!
Christmas morning was just so nice. We opened presents with Benjamin and Gabriella who were totally spoiled. Santa brought Gabriella a holiday Barbie - her first Barbie doll!
Jamie and I had been working hard to make fleece blankies for each baby. We did them full size so that way they'll have them forever. =)
Then we headed over by my parents in our jammies. Holy smokes... these babies seriously must have every single toy made by Fisher Price, Playskool, and VTech. Present opening over there with the same group from Christmas Eve plus my grandpa took almost 3 hours. We came home for a bit and normally would have gone by Jamie's side, but since they had germs we went back to my parents and had leftovers. 
I couldn't have asked for a happier day with my little family.
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