Kaden's first Christmas officially kicked off on Wednesday night at his J.J. and Grand Daddy Mabe's Christmas party. 
Christmas Party number one was a success! He helped open his packages and he LOVED the toys inside! Thank you Grand Daddy, J.J., Eric, and Vicki for the gifts!
Then, Thursday morning (Christmas Eve Morning) we went to our second Christmas party at my Dad and Cay's house. We had breakfast with them, then opened gifts. Kaden enjoyed himself there as well. He wasn't interested in opening packages this time, but very interested in what everyone else got. 
This is my brother, Lenny...
This is my brother, Jamie...
This is Jamies son, Jacob, on the left; and Lenny's son Dustin on the right...
This is Lenny's son Dakota...
And, this is Jamie's daughter, Emily...
It is hard for me to believe that all my nephews and niece are so grown up already!
One of my favorite traditions is to attend church on Christmas Eve night. I LOVE the Methodist church for their Candlelight Services. Kaden and I attended, and I plan to always attend with Kaden and I hope he will want to make this a tradition with his family one day. My Daddy and Cay have always taken me to this service, and I just love it. We sing carols and read all the scriptures of the birth of Christ. It's a wonderful service each Christmas Eve.
Lance took these pics of Kaden and I when we returned from Church, he had been hunting!
Then, we TRIED to get in bed! We went to bed fairly early. We wanted to be able to wake up early for Santa presents with Kaden. Lance, kaden and I awoke about 7:30 for our first Christmas as a family of three. It was wonderful. Kaden had his breakfast bottle, and I read him the story of Christmas from the Bible. I read Luke 2:1-21. Then, we opened his Santa gifts! He wasn't very interested in the unwrapping process, but he LOVED his toys! 
Kaden is fasinated with Balloons right now! We got these at our Honda dealership for Kaden.
That didn't even wrap up our Christmas Day, we then went back to Lance's parents for the Mabe family Christmas. Kaden got some fun farm books from his Aunt Chrysteen. Then, we went to spend some time with my Granny Fisher. WHEW! What a day, it was a very BIG day for Kaden, he was majorly over-stimulated! He slept well last night.
Today, (Saturday) we have one more Christmas party at my Mom's! We will post about it soon! Also, my step sister, Tonya, is flying home from Arizona today! Yip-he! Can't wait to see her and hug her neck! She has had a TUFF year with the loss of her husband and brother. She, her Mom, and little Lewis (her son) are coming. Can't wait!
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!
.JPG)
6 months ago
