Christmas at the Calderwoods
2008
This has been a busy week for us. We've enjoyed a lot of the traditional Christmas festivities such as baking...
Visiting with friends... (this is Ella with Marilyn Pike and Michelle Lau. Marilyn is my old roomie from the BYU days and oddly enough we found out she and Shaun are fourth cousins by marriage... the Calderwoods are related to everyone it seems...go figure!)
Monday prior to Christmas our little fam hit the outlet malls in Leesburg to find some last minute gifts. Ella, however, was not in need of anything. She was stylin' and ready to go in her new beenie and jacket:)
We also enjoyed a very lovely Christmas Eve. This Christmas Eve we went up the hill and visited with neighbors and long time friends of the family. When we got home we were able to watch Mr. Kruger's Christmas and a little Mo Tab before putting Ella to bed... getting ready for her FIRST CHRISTMAS!
This is our little family on Christmas Eve
And then the big morning arrived. Here are some shots of Ella getting into her gifts. Ella loved her toys from her aunties and her toy walker/car from Santa. She was so fun to watch.
She probably enjoyed the wrapping paper more than anything. She got into it so much we decided to put her in the bag and take a photo. She loved it!
This is her new polar bear from her cousin, Maddie
And her new "plano" from Auntie Steph
She also got a few classic books like "The Giving Tree"... one of my childhood faves
And nana and papa joined in on the fun
Our family gift this year was a camcorder so I have a sneaky suspicion that more videos will be coming your way via the Calderwood Chronicle. We took video Christmas morning and Shaun plans on posting it shortly so that should be fun.
We have really enjoyed our holiday but have deeply missed the family we could not be near this holiday. We look forward to seeing you all in the coming year and wish you a very Happy 2009!
5 comments:
Looks like you guys had a great time. It's fun to see your girl on her first Christmas! She's too cute. And your place looks gorgeous all decorated up for the holidays. . . but it always looks gorgeous, you're a talented lady!!!
Another fun Christmas it looks like. I loved Ellas beanie and vest, she is such a babe! I have often tried to figure out sometimes why we even get our kids gifts when they seem to be content with boxes and wrapping paper...
WONDERFUL PICTURES. We sooo missed you all this Christmas. I think I need a CD of your pictures??? please... Ella is simply darling.
it was so fun to see you at Christmas. thank you for making time to be with us.
Merry Christmas! I know it is way over but... I am so glad that Ella had a great time. Hopefully next year you all will:)
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