Christmas Eve night we had the next morning all mapped out in our heads. We planned on waking up and enjoying our first Christmas with Caroline and sipping on hot chocolate, while opening presents from Santa. Little did we know that at four in the morning we would wake up without electricity. It was freezing in our home, because we only have electrical heat so we headed up to Mamaw and Papaw Moren's house. Caroline finished her sleep for the morning then we headed to MiMi and Papaw's house to open up gifts, since they have a wood burning stove. MiMi and Papaw got us so much stuff. Below is a picture of Caroline's stack of gifts. Do you think she was a good girl this year? Spoiled.
Had to take a picture of this gift, because this is the most special gift Caroline received. This gift was from her Uncle Jared. Jared has collected balls his entire childhood. He would catch them at football games and kept them in his room for the longest time. Jared handed down his ball collection to Caroline. She should feel special!
This is a special gift that Mom gave Matt for Christmas. She was so proud of this gift. The picture frame says, "Daddy's Hands," and has a picture of Caroline grasping Matt's hand. The picture was one of her first pictures taken in the hospital. Take a look at how tiny she was compaired to Matt's hand. She sure has grown!
Papaw got this shirt from Mimi that says, "Troy's Handyman Service." What would we do without Dad's handyman skills??
Then we headed down to Fordyce for the Ritchie Christmas gathering. That was a good dinner! Yum! Addison helped Caroline open her gift. She received the most beatiful sweater, which will be perfect for next winter.
Aunt Peggy had a ball holding Caroline, and helping her open the gifts and gift cards. She got money to go towards a savings bond from her Aunt Peggy. Caroline is admiring her gift card from her NaNaw and P. She cannot wait to go shopping!
NaNaw and P, posing with the girls. Caroline was a little too occupied to smile.
It snowed a few flurries on Christmas Eve, so we got a picture of our home on Christmas morning. We could not have asked for a better Christmas Day. It was a blessing to celebrate Christ's birth with our family.
Our stockings from Santa...boy we must have been good this year!
We left cookies for Santa, and he only left two on the plate! Yum! Yum!
We put up our tree this year and then decided that something was just not clicking, so we went out and purchased this new gold tree. I am so proud of this tree. It has a gold and bronze tree with deep bronze and brown ornaments. Next year I am sure that we will have little miss to help us decorate.
Santa left Caroline a few presents beside the fireplace. Daddy got to put together her pink riding pony and we plan to try it out tomorrow. Caroline can not wait to play with all her new toys.
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