Christmas Celebration...Happy Birthday Jesus!

This year the Laird family stayed in Texas. We did NOT go back home to Louisiana to celebrate with family...Scott did NOT have any more days to take off from work plus they are super busy. BUT we were so blessed that some of our family members came here to visit us! First Granny came over on the Tuesday evening. We were so excited that she was able to spend Christmas eve with us. She has never been able to spend that with us! I loved that we were able to stay home and NOT go to any parties because I have always wanted the kids to have a nice quiet evening preparing for the big day. We started off on Christmas eve with having to bring BOTH Ryan and Noah to the doctor..they both had croup! grrr...so lucky! they were not sick all season, but then SPLAT!!! SICK! So then we went for some Coffee (the grown ups) and Hot Chocolate (the kids)...we then went to early Mass to Celebrate Jesus's Birthday! The boys were so handsome!

I was playing with the flash on the camera to get the best photo :)



Surprisingly, Ryan did NOT fight me to NOT wear this adorable Janie and Jack Sweater :)



After Mass, We all started baking LOTS of different cookies for Santa...also I prepared the rest of the meals (as much as I could) for the following day..Granny was able to make some Gingerbread cookies with the boys...rolling out the dough, making the shapes (they made gingerbread men, Santas, and snowmen), Playing with the flour, and decorating their cookies. IT was such a treat for all of us!

Rollin it out


Ryan having a blast making his gingerbread man


Noah with his man


Granny with the boys


I was checking on the cookies...


Ryan decorating


Noah decorating



YUMMY and Beautiful! LOL


Me with the boys



Santa's cookies are READY!



After ALOT of Baking and EATING, the boys had their baths, and 2 books read and went to bed....

I read Rudolph and


daddy read Twas the Night Before Christmas!


Alas Christmas Day was here and the Boys LOVED their gifts...they received many many gifts from Santa, mom and dad, and all of our other relatives! The big presents were Noah got a Razor Motorcycle Scooter and Ryan got a BIG Ford F-150 Electric ride on. They both love their gifts!

wooohooo..MOM, the radio works! LOL



Ryan posing in his RIDE


Noah's


Yah cool guy Noah!



Noah also received a REAL guitar






Ryan also got an Espn TEE ball set, a Brand new Scooter! (thanks RANDI for the heads up on the best one...he LOVES it), a vsmile Motion, a wooden tool box, a bunch of monster trucks and cars, and thomas the trains...and lots of other goodies. Noah also got Guitar Hero, some Wii and Nintendo games, Ben 10 toys, and other various remote control flying things. LOL and he also got clothes (which he HATED but mommy LOVED)!

On the day after Christmas, My mom and sister came in town...this was GREAT!! so we had alot of fun visiting with them! Ryan loved his little cars that he got even though he had much bigger items. LOL


He has managed to lose the blue car that you see in his hands...where O where have you gone, blue lightning McQueen?? wahhhhhhh.

Thanks for spending so much Time with us Granny!


We love you and Miss you Already :)

Merry Christmas Everyone... :)