Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Kreider

Saturday evening we started the Christmas celebrations with family at Jason's parents house in DeWitt. It started out with a delicious dinner of swedish meatballs. Yummy! After dinner, we opened some gifts with our nephew Shaemus, who we haven't seen in over a year. It was really great visiting with him and Melanie. Sunday after a great breakfast and church service, we headed to the Meridian Mall to see Santa. Maddy was so excited to see Santa and while we waited in line she keep a good eye on him. Whenever we would pull her away, she would wine to see him again. I was really surprised by how much she seemed to like him. When it was finally Maddy's turn to sit on Maddy's lap she was ready...she started walking up to him and got about half way and then...oh no...she wasn't going by that guy in the big red suit. Oh well, maybe next year.

Maddy likes Santa from this distance better

Maddy in her Christmas outfit

Family Picture

Sunday night we went out to one of our friends' house. We had a great time visiting with all of Jason's childhood friends. We stayed out until almost 1 am and Maddy was up partying the entire time. She was such a trooper! We tried putting her to bed a few different times but she didn't want to miss a thing. She finally fell asleep in the car on the way home.

Christmas Eve morning we all slept until almost 9 am. We woke up to stocking full of presents. So we started the morning by exchanging and opening presents. We all loved our gifts and enjoyed playing with them together.

Maddy loves ripping open presents

Helping Grandma

Helping Dad

Maddy playing with her Laugh n' Learn Plus

After a fun-filled morning of enjoying our new gifts, we had a nice prime rib dinner. Nancy sure spoils us with such delicious meals when we are there. After Christmas Eve service we packed up and headed home so that Santa could visit Maddy at our house. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Kreider for everything we had a great time!