Hey! Hey! Boo Boo!

Matt and I both took Monday off to recover from the holiday...and after laying around all day Sunday we thought it would be nice to get out of the house for a awhile and surprise Ashtyn with a little treat!  Ashtyn LOVES to watch movies, so we thought she would be good enough and able to enjoy watching a movie at the MOVIE THEATER!  Yep, we took her to see Yogi Bear, her first motion picture on the big screen.  She did great and watched the whole movie without any distractions, except for 1 potty break!  She looked so cute sitting in the chair with her big bag of popcorn...

The movie was so cute - definitely recommended!  I am not sure if Ashtyn enjoyed the movie or the popcorn more, but she did say as we were getting up to leave - "We come back soon mommy - OK?"  It is so fun to be able to take her to things like this now!  It's amazing how proud you are as a parent when you see your child sitting there enjoying such a simple thing - like wow, look at what she can do now, I know that sounds weird but for me it makes all that hard work and stress worth it!  Can't wait for many more movie dates....

Merry Christmas!

Ashtyn and Eli must have been VERY good kids this year because our home is overflowing with new toys.  This year Santa brought Ashtyn and Eli a train set and each one a pillow pet - Puppy for Ashtyn and Monkey for Eli!  Ashtyn was a little overwhelmed that morning with everything, but soon warmed up and enjoyed every minute of her new presents...

After laying around the house all morning (the best part of the whole day), eating breakfast and playing with toys we headed over to Nana's and Papa's for more presents.  Ashtyn got a cute outfit and an American Girl Bitty Baby - so cute!  Eli got an outfit and a savings bond...

For Christmas dinner we headed to Pam and Steve's where we enjoyed yummy cocktails - very necessary to get through the day - and of course wonderful food!  We spent the rest of the day eating, drinking and playing Clag, while Ashtyn ran around with her cousins and Eli cried - not a happy camper on Christmas, so it made for an exhausting day! Which made Sunday a very necessary day of REST!

Kevin brought his new girlfriend, Chante, to Christmas dinner.  Hopefully all the crying didn't scare her away...

It was a busy, crazy Christmas this year - it flew by but it still was very exhausting and I am kind of happy to see it go!  Not to be a Scrooge or anything, but I am so ready for normal, everyday life again!  Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas and hopefully, now, we can spend some quiet time at home enjoying our new toys!  Merry Christmas to All!

SUPERMAN!

Last year we started the Tradition of "White Elephant" for Christmas Eve with the Trujillo Family.  There is always that one present which makes the game SO worth it - last year it was the Santa shorts Rob got and this year was...

 ...the SUPERMAN snuggie!  Which of course Matt got, and I think it is very fitting - no one else could quite pull it off like he does!  Needless to say we all got quite a laugh out of it...

Matt makes a pretty sexy Superman, don't you think?

Twas the Night Before Christmas...

and all through the house, the Trujillo's had gathered to celebrate Christmas with their spouses!

(needed a word to rhyme with house)

Matt and I hosted Christmas Eve at our house this year and it was definitely more chaotic with a bunch of little ones then I remember in years past - but it was wonderful!  We hung out all afternoon, had a great dinner and then opened presents.  It was so fun to see the kids together and I am sure each year will just get better and better as they grow up.  Here was our day...

 (Robbie kept taking Eli's pacifier...and then would stick it in Eli's ear - so precious)

 (Ashtyn feel asleep in her play house - this picture sums up the whole day, exhausting!)

We started a new tradition this year...Elfie the Elf comes to visit right after dinner and delivers Christmas Pajamas for the kids in his sleigh.  The kids didn't really get it this year, but hopefully it will become a much anticipated event as they get older...

 (even Emily got some new footed pajamas from Elfie...)

 (Eli LOVED sitting in this sleigh - we actually were able to occupy him for longer then 10 minutes!)

So thankful for this wonderful family I married into!  Emily got a WII for Christmas so we spent the rest of the night playing Family Feud and Bowling - so FUN!  Merry Christmas Trujillo's - Love you Bunches!