Christmas came!!

We had a great Christmas this year. I have loved and cherished every second of this holiday season because of Alivia. I have always loved the month of December and everything it brought like, snow, parties, family, Christmas lights, decorating, but this year was a lot different. I loved looking at Alivia's face and smile as we would drive past more Christmas lights, or it would snow again. She has been so excited about everything you could think of, making it a lot more fun to enjoy.

This year was the first that we have been able to hang up our own Christmas lights so Scott got up on the ladder and hung them for us to enjoy!

Alivia loved Christmas this year, and Santa thought she was really good, he even went to our house and Grandma Condley's. We spent Christmas eve over at Scott's parents so Santa came there and then we opened our gifts, and ate breakfast. Early that afternoon we went to open gifts at my parents house. We loved being close with our families on Christmas eve and Christmas Day. I am so glad that we all live close enough to see all of them. The day after Christmas, we went down with some of Scott's family to St. George. We spent a few days there and had lots of fun swimming at least twice each day.

Here was our Christmas...

This is what Alivia got from Santa and Mom and Dad.

Alivia woke up kind of early and wasn't that excited to open her presents. She was still half asleep and this is the morning smile she gave us!

Once she was done with all the presents, she tore right into playing with her kitchen! She loves wearing her apron and fixing us something to eat. It was definitely a great gift to give her at this stage.

Gunner, Emma, and Elli came to see Alivia on Christmas Eve at Grandma Julies. This is a hangout spot for all the kids while they are playing or watching a movie down stairs. So far, none of them have gotten stuck or fallen.

Alivia loved seeing Santa this year! She had a whole list of things for him to bring!

This is Alivia's Christmas tree when it was only half done. She was so excited, when I took a brake from putting the lights on, she gathered her dogs and showed them her tree. This is how I found her.

Higginson Christmas party!

I also got to go see my friends this December. Lacey came up from St. George with her new Baby Nic, and Ali, and then we met up with Kim and Jessica with her little boy Ty!