Time For a New Year!

     Christmas is finally over! I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas. It is my favorite time of the year, yet I am always glad when it is all over. To start off I need to complete the 12 days of Christmas. Ashlyn was not as into the last two days of Christmas, she was getting so many toys from other people!

On the 11th day of Christmas Ashlyn's Mommy and Daddy gave to her....

A book called the Night Before the Night Before Christmas. This book was too cute! The book rhymed and Ashlyn loved reading it.

On the 12th day of Christmas Ashlyn's Mommy and Daddy gave to her..

The book The Night Before Christmas.This is a special version because it was a recordable book that Mommy and Daddy made for her. It took Josh and I forever to record the book. We both kept messing up!

     Now that the 12 days of Christmas are over.. we can get to the good presents. Ashlyn was a blast this year opening all of her gifts. She could hardly wait to get started. The first place we went was to Josh's Dad's house to open presents with his little sisters. Ashlyn was so excited to see her Aunt Jenna and Jessica, but she more excited about opening her first set of presents.Ashlyn got a fun stocking full of goodies, a barbie cruise ship, and a toy story yahtzee game.

     After we left Josh's Dad's house we went to Grandma and Grandpa Sawyer's house. Ashlyn and Jenna played a card game while they patiently waited to open presents. 

Ashlyn was so excited when she opened her new Sponge Bob game.

She got so many more fun presents! A Thirty-One bag, some clothes, and an Indian doll! All the girls got matching Indian dolls from Josh's Grandparents.

The third place we went to was Grandma and Grandpa Hostetler's on Christmas Eve. Ashlyn loved all her presents from the family. She absolutely loved the dollhouse Grandma Hostetler had covered up with a blanket. Grandma thought she was sly, but Ashlyn told her she knew all along it was a dollhouse because of the shape.

Now it was time for Santa Claus to come! We opened some of Ashlyn's toys from Grandma and Grandpa Hostetler's prior to going to bed. She just couldn't wait to open them!

All tuckered out and waiting for Santa to come. She was so cute, she feel asleep in her new tent!

Finally Santa Came! We had to wake her up of course! This first thing she wanted to open was her stocking! It took her forever to open her stocking, and finally get to the tree!

Mamaw Ronda brought her presents over Christmas morning!

Ashlyn got to stay in her PJ's and go over to Aunt Trisha's house for Christmas. Ashlyn got her favorite present while she was over there. Her new iPod touch!

I do believe Ashlyn had a great Christmas, as always! Now it is time to bring in the New Year. My New Year's resolution is to cook more at home. We will see how that goes, so far I am not doing so hot! My New Year's resolution needed to be to stop buying Ashlyn clothes, but I figured that was not a realistic goal! I hope everyone has a great New Year!