Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Avery had a great Christmas this year. She was really into it and was very excited for Santa to come. One of the pictures is of Al carrying Avery down the stairs to see if Santa came. When she got to the bottom of the stairs we told her to run and check. She bypassed the pile of presents and instead made a dash to the fireplace. Then she stuck her head in there (it wasn't turned on)and said, "yep, he came!" It was really cute.

Avery finally got the hang of opening presents this year, which made Christmas morning even more fun. She was really excited about all of her gifts, especially the dollhouse and all of the pieces that came with it. Santa was really busy this year wrapping all of those tiny little packages that held lamps, chairs, etc.

I think the biggest hit for Avery was all of the additions to her Littlest Pet Shop collection. She loves those little animals and the clubhouse that Grandma Louona gave her. She has played with it every day since. She also loves her princess dresses that Grandma Nette and Grandpa Dave gave her. I love when she gets all decked out in her gowns.

I just had to get a picture of Avery surrounded by a lot of her treasures, dressed up in a new princess dress, holding the pirate ship and watching Ice Age. It doesn't get much better than that.