It all started with Christmas Eve dinner at Baba’s house. Mom always says we’re the greatest gifts she’s ever received, so we just added bows and regifted ourselves…

Christmas Day brought a visit from Santa Claus, Gigi’s arrival, Christmas dinner with loads of family, and playtime with our newest things.

Morgan took her dog Buster for a walk…

Then she washed Mason’s hair in her new salon…

After dinner we baked with Aunt Kels in her new Easy Bake Oven…

After Christmas, we headed south so Mom and Dad could cheer for the Baylor Bears. We enjoyed playing in the Occupy Papa and Grammie’s campsite…

We left some notes behind for Papa and Grammie on their patio. It doesn’t rain in San Antonio, so they’ll be there for quite a while!

And on the way back home, we stopped to see the Baylor bears and congratulate them on the big victory!

We even took some family shots on campus. Here’s the one Morgan took…

And here’s the one Mason took…

We hugged on tons of family and friends and enjoyed every single minute of the last two weeks. All of this excitement meant we crashed out well before the new year started, but we plan to celebrate each new day like always. We hope you were blessed this season as much as we were! Sending love and wishes for a wonderful 2012!

This morning we had to hunt quite a bit for Buddy. You can see that in the first video below. You might also notice Morgan’s puffy lip from her girl vs. tile floor match last night. Ouch!

The second video shows our “Baby Jesus” advent calendar that we do each day. Today was the day we’ve been waiting for! The last door! You’ll also witness Mason’s slight OCD with advent cast placement. Wonder where he got that trait?

We enjoyed a nice cool day at the Dallas Arboretum with a brief visit with Snow White, a glance at Dasher, and some fresh air and running around! One of our favorite stops was with these giant nutcrackers. We thought we would do an impersonation…whaddya think?