Christmas!!!

Well, at this point Christmas has come and gone...the decorations are back in boxes in the garage, the house is cleaned from having friends and family over, new toys are put away and thank you notes have been sent. And I have to say, I can't wait to do it all again in a year. I love Christmas time, but don't love how quickly it passes.
We had such a fun year this year, and having TWO kids made it even more special. Matt actually had Thursday AND Friday off so we had so much fun having four whole days with him. Since we had gone to Christmas Eve service the Sunday before, that day was spent totally with our families. We had a great Mexican lunch with my parents, brother and sister-in-law and Grandma, then we grilled steaks at Matt's parent's house with his brothers. Two years ago I started a tradition that our kids will open one present and it will be a pair of Christmas pj's to wear that night (I'm sure this will stop abruptly in their teenage years - if I can make it that far!) This year was so fun because the girls got matching pj's! (And looked adorable I might add - although neither would cooperate with a picture so below is the best I got)
Christmas morning was the best. Both girls actually woke up at about the same time so we got them both up and opened our stockings together. We had a couple of hours before Matt's family came over so we had so much fun just being our new family of four. Then we opened gifts with Matt's family, had a yummy breakfast and spent some time playing with new toys. Both girls went down for a nap (as did Matt and I - so nice!) and then we had a great evening with my family. We opened even more presents and cooked an amazing dinner. I have to say the day was so nice and relaxing, not crazy and stressful so it was wonderful.
I have to brag on my hubby a little bit because he surprised me with a great gift...we are going away to go ski/snowboard in Lake Tahoe in February! I cannot wait (although the thought of leaving my baby right now gives me a little bit of a panic attack, I know it will be nice to get away!) Matt even conspired with my sister-in-law's SISTER to make sure that I didn't have anything going on that weekend. I was very impressed with his planning skills because it is very hard to surprise me and I was shocked. The best part was a note that he wrote me with the gift - I won't go into it but lets just say that if that note was all I got, it would have been the best present! It was sooo sweet. :) I can't wait for the two of us to get away, it's been way too long!
Here are some pics of our Christmas day, hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too!