Santa Came!

Brian, Everett & I celebrated our first Christmas together this week and we had so much fun! Although Ev had a cold and slept till 10:45 on Christmas morning! Geez! Mommy and Daddy were up for two hours waiting on him. haha. Talk to us in four years huh? Santa spoiled the little man rotten, not to mention all Santa's helper elves aka The Grandparents! We first celebrated the holiday with Brian's family last Sunday. We met for brunch and then did gifts at the apartment. Cousin Sydney and Everett got so much fun stuff, it was very exciting. The biggest gift from Gramma Daphne & Grampa Mike was his new highchair! It is really going to come in handy and I'm sure it will make the blog photos more than a few times!

Here is Everett opening his first Christmas present ever with Grampa Mike!

He didnt quite know what to think...

On Christmas Eve, we opened gifts over the phone with Grandma & Grandpa B and Uncle Dylan! They got him lots of cute clothes and toys too. And Uncle Dylan picked out one special gift for his nephew....
Taking a look at the Merry Christmas Curious George book that Uncle Dylan got for Everett before bed on Christmas Eve!

Here he is Christmas morning with Daddy

Then with Mommy

Posing with his stocking!


He liked the paper and watched Mommy and Daddy open each one of his gifts!

The cool carseat toy from Mamaw & Papaw! (he loves it!)

Santa's big gift to Everett, a Jumper! He and Daddy were both very excited :-)

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, spent with friends and family! We want everyone to know how much we miss and love them too and that we are constantly thinking of you. Have a safe and Happy New Year.
'08 will be hard to beat.

St. Nicholas (or Nikolaus) Day!

It has always been a tradition in my family that on Dec. 5th you place your shoes by the door and St. Nicholas, the patron saint of children, will leave you gifts in them. This is the traditional German celebration of Santa Claus and we celebrate it because of our strong German roots. I'm pretty sure it all started with Everett's Great Great Grandma Willis and she did it then when his Great Grandpa Bruner was little, but now that I think of it I always just assumed that. huh. Anyway, we left Everett's boots out and he got some goodies! Thought I would share the picture, he looks like such a big boy sitting on the couch :-)

Everett meets Santa!

Hey everybody!! I hope everyone is doing good. I am busy getting ready for my first Christmas, here. Our tree is up and a lot of presents are wrapped up underneath. I love to watch the lights and I like it when Mommy lets me touch the branches and ornaments. I have been visiting with Santa in the last week. First I went to a Breakfast with Santa and then Mommy and I met up with Aunt Melissa, Uncle Eric and Cousin Sydney at the Coppell Parade of Lights. Mommy said Daddy was busy working but when I met Santa that night he sure did sound like my Daddy. Either way I got my picture taken and got to watch all of the cool lights. It was cold that night, especially for Coppell, so I got all bundled up in my coat. Mommy said I was soooo huggable!



I wore the Christmas shirt that my Grandma got me to Breakfast with Santa! It says, 'Is it too late to be good?' Mommy and Grandma both think its really funny!!


Dont you think that Santa looks like my Daddy? Hmmm... I wonder


Sydney & I see Mr. & Mrs. Claus for the first time!!

Mommy and I had a blast together!