Christmas Day 2011

Merry Christmas!!

Mr. Clete Cook woke us up at 2:30 AM Christmas morning, I managed to keep him wrangled in our bedroom until 4:30 AM, after that all hope was lost! We decided to go ahead and let him get into his loot and get the older boys up there when we could!

Our tree with Santa's additions!

We finally got the big boys up to come get their loot!

Poor little Tripp wound up at the Dr. when they opened at 1 PM!

The big boys with their new toy in the "mancave"

Daddy with his big present!

(haha I knew about this one for a long time, I was with MiMi when she got it framed!)

Christmas Eve 2011

Christmas Eve this year was so fun! MiMi and Pop came over at lunch time, MiMi and I prepared a wonderful Christmas Eve feast for everyone. We baked a ham, made potato salad, baked beans and macaroni-n-cheese. For dessert I fixed up a chocolate pie!! After we all ate it was time for the kids to open their 1 gift for the night, which after much begging from all parties involved, turned into 2 gifts! Unfortunately, little Tripp didn't make it through dinner, he was starting the early symptoms of an ear infection, BOOOOOOO!!!

Our tree with all the loot!!


Jackson with 1 of his gifts


Drew with 1 of his gifts

Britt with 1 of his gifts

Of course the man of the hour, Clete with 1 of his gifts. I think he actually talked us into letting him open 3!

To end the night, our tradition of Daddy reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas"

Just because it's Christmas!

Sweet, Sweet Babies!!