Home is Where your Heart is...and your daughter sleeps

Christmas just hasn't been the same being a "grown-up"... but it sure is nice seeing my brother & sister... Oh how we have grown! My little sister (not so little, eh?) has outgrown me... and my brother did that a couple of years ago. I can't believe that we are so old already! Where did time go?? Just a little less than 5 years ago, my brother, sister & I would line up on Christmas morning in age order (yes, I was always last) to run into the living room & find what Santa had left us. As annoying as I thought this was back in the day- now more than ever do I wish that tradition was still alive.

But now, I have a family of my own (I have for 5 years now, but this year really sunk in because we had our own house- not apartment- and lived in a different state than our families) we are creating our own Christmas traditions. Or trying to at least. It is hard when every family wants us to be at there house at the same time as the other family. As the years go by, we try to figure out what the best plan is but yet we always end up running around all of Fort Worth all day long dragging our exhausted kids & begging them to be on their best behaviors! (Too much to ask for from kids who just opened the presents of their dreams at the wee hours in the morning, huh).

Man, do me & my sister look like my mom here, or what? No matter how hard I try to convince myself that I was adopted, you can't deny it here... or when my brother or sister remind me "That's what mom says" when I blurt out a silly phrase. Well, at least I didn't ever have imaginary friends. HA

For Christmas morning, we were at my in-laws' house in Fort Worth. Santa decided to vist Avery here... She loved opening presents & snuggling with Minnie :)

Although I really enjoy going home (to the Fort Worth area) Avery DOES not like sleeping anywhere but her own bed in her own room. So every trip is miserable & we hardly get any sleep. Driving home, she cried the whole way--- we were so happy to see our little rent house!

If you don't already know, Hunter's new obsession (besides video games) is Legos. This particular set Melinda, Cody's mom, got for him. It took Cody, Hunter & I a little over an hour to put this together. And this is just ONE of the many boxes he got for Christmas from several people! Oh Lord!

Avery got a princess tent for Christmas from a family member. Since we only have a 3 bedroom house for now, we have the kids' rooms packed tight with toys & such so we had no other choice but to put her tent in her room as well. A day and a half passed without her going in it. Finally, after Hunter brought 5+ stuffed animals & blankies, it looked comfy enough for my diva of a 1-year old. Wonder where she gets that? ;)

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas holiday!

Much love from The Baetz/one little Frazier household :)