All Things Festive

A few festive things handmade by Gavin...

Oh, Christmas Tree

Ho, Ho, Ho
(love those hand/finger prints)

The Perfect Stocking...

Cutest little Cupcake Ornament...

Christmas Dough Ornaments...
baked, made & painted by Mommy and Gavin

Christmas Cheer

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!

Only this time, with my side of the family! Every year we rotate with each set of grandparents...we know they love family time as much as we do! Gavin's fever still lingered on and off, but it didn't stop him from enjoying an overflow of even more presents! He was just filled with tons of Christmas Cheer!

Oh, and this holiday was very special! For the first time we got to meet my brother's adorable girlfriend, Haley! Hmmm, brings back memories when I brought my very own sweetheart home to meet my dad over the holidays, only that was in 2001!

Enjoy yet another slideshow montage...only this time the Christmas Celebration with my family!

'O' Merry Christmas

We are truly blessed this time of year to be surrounded by family, friends, and lots of Holiday Cheer! What a wonderful Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

xoxo

Gavin's bright blue eyes lit up at the sight of all the presents under the Christmas tree that morning. Looking right up at me he pointed at the tree and said, "Mommy, look, Santa brought all those presents for me!" ...what a precious moment!

Although poor little G had an onset of a slight fever, he was just SO excited to open all his special gifts. Thankfully, the fever didn't really phase him too much, although he did declare it a pj day! And since our little love was such a great little boy this year, he received so many wonderful gifts- This was just the start to many other Christmas celebrations to come...

Below is a montage of the many pictures I took starting with our Christmas celebration with the 'O' family! Enjoy...

C is for...

Cookies & Chocolate Milk

Later that evening, our little fam enjoyed a Christmas Eve Celebration with some of the 'O' crew, hosted by one of my BFF's! We had a great time laughing, drinking, mingling, and posing for a few festive photo ops! O' what FUN!

Before calling it a night, Gavin was sure to set out some Pizzelle Cookies and Milk...wait!...Gavin insisted on Chocolate Milk for Santa! Then, some reindeer food for Rudolph!

In the wee hours of the night, Santa began to create some Christmas MAGIC...

'Twas the Day Before Christmas

moAn afternoon matinee with the P family was the perfect date to start off our Christmas Eve. Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel was an absolutely adorable movie!

Our holiday festivities continued well into the late night...stay tuned!

Mistletoe Kisses

Yes, that Mistletoe brought our little family many extra smooches this holiday season!

Every time we were caught under the mistletoe, Gavin would demand a kiss! Of course, we had NO problem whatsoever delivering...

He is just too kissable...any time of the year!

All Wrapped Up

Gavin was such a good boy all year, so Santa was quite the busy bee this time of year. We got things all wrapped up just in time...

For a VERY Merry Christmas!

HoHoHo

Our little Santa Baby through the years...

2009
all smiles
2008

no tears

2007

not a big Santa fan, at all

2006
Gavin love, love, LOVED him

2005

Our little Santa Baby
Gavin's very 1st visit from Santa...
only a few days old, still in the hospital

HoHoHo...and a Merry Christmas!

Gift of Good Fortune

Gavin is very 'fortunate' to have such fabulous teachers...and we couldn't wait to spoil them this holiday season with a gift of good fortune!

So, we bought a variety of $1 and $5 scratch off lottery tickets...rolled them (very meticulously) around a fortune cookie and placed them into the gift box. I made cute little message tags to let the teachers know how 'fortunate' Gavin is to have them a part of his Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday mornings! :)

Aren't they the cutest?
I hope our teachers enjoyed their 'gift of good fortune'...THANK YOU Ms. Lauren, Ms. Dana, and Mr. Nick for being so wonderful! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! xoxo

Let It Snow

On Gavin's 4th Birthday, we got the biggest snowfall of 2009! We love the white fluff, especially this time of year! So...

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Even daddy joined in the snowy fun...

We had an absolute 'snowball' of fun...and all the cuteness in action is captured on home video!