Christmas with the Longs

Our long- awaited "Baby's First Christmas" lived up to all the hype! Landrie got to spend time with countless relatives and got spoiled with more hugs, kisses and toys that I could ever imagine. :) I loved it! There are so many pictures that I'll break it up into 2 posts. The first Christmas we celebrated was with Mark's family.

When these 4 cousins came to stay with us during my last week of work (thank you for watching Landrie, Megan!!!) I knew I'd better come up with some fun Christmas stuff to do! We had icing and candy EVERYWHERE and Colson the candy-holic started eating his house before he even finished decorating it. :)

Cade was such a big help with Landrie. I love this picture because the two of them are staring adoringly at each other. So sweet!!

We headed over to Beth and Rusty's to celebrate Christmas with both of Mark's sisters and their families and Mark's parents.

Before we let the kids open gifts, we wanted to get a group shot of all the cousins with Landrie in it! The kids were waiting to open presents, so we had a little trouble getting a good shot of everyone. I think I took 20 pictures in about a minute! They are too funny!

Christmas gift mania!

There's nothing quite like being a kid at Christmas!

Our first Christmas as a family of three!

Mark and his sweet sisters, Megan and Beth

PonPon loves his little Landrie

Maw Maw kept offering to take Landrie with her! She can't get enough snuggling. :)

We headed to Houston on Christmas Eve through the Texas BLIZZARD. I couldn't believe that it was a white Christmas! We had Christmas dinner with Mark's grandma, 4 aunts, his uncle, lots of cousins, and lots of sweet second cousins too. There were 3 baby girls that were 15 months and under. :)

Haley, Heath, Chad, Grandma and Amy all loved meeting Landrie Grace!

Cari and Kristen, Mark's parents, Landrie, Aunt Do and Mark

There are a lot of red heads on Mark's side, so if she ends up with red hair, she'll fit right in!

Landrie has the sweetest little coo. On Christmas Day, she was with her grandparents and great- grandma and started just cooing away! She had a whole conversation just talking and talking to them. It's so sweet! I'm a little worried about the future parent teacher conferences we may have; this girl LOVES to talk! :) This was our last visit with Mark's parents before they headed back to Florida. She's just talking away!

We had a great time seeing everyone and showing off Landrie! I'm ready to do it all again next year. :)