Lily's First Christmas!

Lily's first Christmas was so fun!  Strother made it home on Christmas Eve, and we had our family Christmas that night. Here's our tree and presents:

We ate dinner together, and then Lily opened her presents. She got books, a doll, a toy, and a piggy bank!

My brother and I always had our gifts wrapped in "our" paper each year. That way Mom saved on tags. I did the same for Lily. :)

 

She was more interested than I thought she'd be!

Such a cute book!  Santa turns on his Santa-nav to bring him to Louisiana, but his sleigh gets stuck on the top of St. Louis Cathedral!

 

Cute ballerina doll :) When she saw it, she kicked her feet and got really excited!

Merry Christmas Lily!

The next morning, she played with her doll while I got dressed:

On Christmas Day, we went to Poplarville, MS to spend the day with Stro's family.  Lily seriously could not have been a better baby that day!

 

So cute in her Christmas dress!

Playing with Grandad (and her feet!)

Helping Grandad unwrap his present

Merry Christmas from the Sacras!

Playing with Uncle Simon and her doll

Driving a boat, like her daddy!

Lily and her sweet cousin Natalie

 

Sleepy girl

With Mimi

 

Four generations :)

 

With Mimi and Grandad

A few of Lily's gifts:  wooden toys and rattles for her wrists and ankles

On the 26th, we went to my grandparents' house in Baton Rouge. We each opened one gift. Unfortunately, not everyone could be there, so we got together for the rest of the present exchange in January. 

Santa dress!

With GiGi and Uncle Nate

A first Christmas ornament from Uncle Nate

Papa's mug from Lily: "you put the great in great-grandpa"

Naptime!

She had just showed everyone how she can roll over!

On the 28th, my dad came to see Lily. He bought her a star for Christmas!  How fun that she'll look in the sky and know that there's a star just for her!

Thanks Grandpa!

Finally, on January 5th, we celebrated with my side of the family. We went to Mom's house in Mississippi where we ate lots of food and opened lots of presents!

Looks like Lily loves Diet Coke as much as the rest of us!

 

 

 

Granny's mug from Lily:  "you put the great in great-granny"

Mom's mug from Lily:  "best GiGi ever"

 

A few of Lily's gifts:  wooden toys, alphabet blocks, and ballerina clothes 

 

With Granny and Papa

With GiGi and Pappy

 

With Uncle Nate

Four generations :)