But come 9 o'clock, Kiersten is fussing and we have to keep movies on to keep her from screaming. I don't know what this girls deal is but she is not a car sleeper. By 11:30 she had screamed enough to wake up Leah, and I soothed her to sleep by standing and reaching over my seat, rubbing her head and singing lullabyes to her...whatever works, Right? On Friday we finished the four hours from Eau Claire to Montevideo. The girls did great on this leg of the trip. Friday evening Grandma Tootie had a fish fry. Aunt Lisa, Uncle Brian and Rylee and Bradyn joined us. Saturday morning daddy made pancakes. After that we all cleaned up and headed to Sanford Elementary. Aunt Lisa had arranged for a photographer to take family pictures. It had been three years since we had them done, so there were no pictures with Kiersten and Leah was 7 months old last time. What an adventure! Trying to get Bug to sit nice and smile all the while looking forward...but we survived and I can't wait to see the end result.
After pictures we headed back to Grandma and Grandpa's where we had Christmas dinner. Kiersten took a nap and then we started in on the presents...Oh, the presents! Leah's pile was taller than she was. Proof is in the picture.
It takes us quite some time to get through all the gift opening. We go from youngest to oldest, and the kids do surprisingly well. It helps that they want to play with every gift that they open so they are distracted for a short amount of time. I was so busy with my kids I didn't get to watch much of the other kids and their gifts, but I got Shelby this year. Last year she had the best reaction to her Puma Sweatshirt and this year Lori said she wanted a Shelbyville sweatshirt. I took her and got a picture of her by the Shelbyville sign when she was in Illinois this summer and she wanted a sweatshirt from there. Since she plays soccer I got her a Shelbyville Soccer Hoodie and her reaction was priceless! Aunt Lori, Uncle Todd and the kids got the girls Pajamas/Dress-up clothes from the Disney Store. To say Leah loves it would be an understatement. She has worn the Snow White dress EVERY day since she got it. She is in heaven. Snow White is her new favorite, ever since she discovered that Snow White has brown hair and brown eyes like her. We finished up the evening with our adult gift exhange and a Pizza dinner. The kids played so well, always do and we were exhausted! I just had to snag this picture of the grandkids with their technology: Justin on the floor with his iPhone, Leah with the iPad, Bradyn on a phone and Lexi with her Nintendo DS...too funny!
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