Christmas this year was a huge success!! It was so much fun to see Ella getting new toys. She was a great age to have her first Christmas. While she didn't understand it at all, she really enjoyed getting to play with new things. This year was especially neat because Taylor and I got to play Santa for the first time. Something so simple turned out to be quite the argument. Does Santa wrap or not? How many presents should Santa leave and how many should be from Mom and Dad? Who knew it could be so complicated? We ended up working out how Santa would do things for our family and it was tons of fun. We made the rounds as usual and all 4 of us, yes Moxley included, got completely spoiled! We spent Christmas Eve with the Fowler family at my Grandma Colleen's and then went and spent the night at my mom's house. We spent Christmas morning with my family, went to my Dad's, my Aunt Michelle's and finished out the night having fondue and spending the night at Taylor's parent's house. Here are some of the pictures of our special day as a family. This is literally just a small sampling. We took over 200 pictures of Christmas this year! Enjoy!
Ella unwrapping her very first Christmas gift. She was pretty into it!
She knew just what to do with this cell phone toy. Kinda scary considering she is only 10 months old!
The new hat that Grandma and Grandpa Riley got Ella
Last stop, end of the day. Looking exhausted but hangin in there.
Opening presents with Grandma Riley
Grandma Riley and Trouble
Cooper and Mandy
Grandpa Riley and his new shoes
Daddy and Ella the day after Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Riley's house
Taylor and Melody on Christmas Eve
Melody and Toria
Thomas and Toria on Christmas morning
Matt on Christmas morning
Nolan/Grandpa Sunshine on Christmas morning
Kelsey and Andy on Christmas morning
Me and my honey on Christmas morning
Thomas and Melody
Ella's reaction to her new Elmo doll on Christmas morning. This was by far the best picture of the day. Ella loves Elmo and was so excited about her new toy.
Holding the Elmo doll
Ella with her loot
Ella on her new princess car
Ella and Grandma Kathy
More pics on the princess car
Mommy and Ella with the adorable little lamb hat that I got her.
Wearing Uncle Matt's glasses
Ella, Abigail (my cousin Laura's baby) and Melody at Great Grandma Fowler's house on Christmas Eve
3 of the cutest babes you will ever see. Just missing little Lauryn
Abigail giving Melody kisses
Ella and her soon to be Uncle Andy. Andy is amazing with Ella.
Ella in her Colts jammies on Christmas day
At Grandma and Grandpa Fowler's house on Christmas day
Grandma Kelly and Lauryn
The Riley Family. Christmas Eve 2011
At our house in front of the tree before taking off for 2 days.
Second cutest baby in the world! (mine of course is first). My beautiful niece Melody.
