Christmas 2008

I know this is late but I need to get caught up on posts. We had a wonderful Christmas at home this year. It was just the three of us and very relaxing. Sarah got to sit on Santa's lap for the first time at our ward Christmas party. She was so excited when he came in the room and had no problem sitting on his lap.

Kevin didn't have much time off as he is saving it for when the baby comes but we did have a four day weekend with him. Sarah and I made sugar cookies a few days before Christmas. She loved helping in the process and loved eating the dough even more.

On Christmas morning we went downstairs and Sarah was so excited to see all the presents under the tree. She got to play Santa this year and passed out the presents. Of course that meant she had to wear the Santa hat.

Sarah was not shy at all about opening presents. Here she is sporting a little attitude while I try to dismount Pooh from his packaging.

Here is Sarah with all her presents. We got her a baby doll thinking that it would be good for her to have a baby of her own to take care of after I deliver. We are hoping this warms her up to the basics of having a baby around.

The main gift I got Kevin was a safe for his hand gun. Sarah was all too willing to help Daddy open it.

Kevin was very good to me this year and spoiled me with this among other things:

It's a Pentax K200D and can I just tell you how much I love it?!!! Our old digital camera was ok but it couldn't keep up with our very active daughter and sadly I have had to delete a lot of pictures because of that. Now we have a camera that rocks!!! There is a lot to learn but so far I have had a lot of fun with it and the pictures are amazing.

We really enjoyed our quiet Christmas this year. It was nice to start some traditions of our own. My favorite part was watching the magic of Christmas through Sarah's eyes. It made it all so much more meaningful and I loved every minute of it.