Whew!!!!

Can you even believe Christmas 2008 has come and gone? All that hype and build-up and just like *that* it's over:( What a ball it was to celebrate Christmas with a 2 1/2 year old under our roof. She was just old enough to "get it!" So we had lots of fun with her- from writing a letter to Santa, to leaving out food for Santa and his reindeer, to sneaking into her room when she was fast asleep and leaving an overflowing stocking for her to discover when she woke up........it's something I'll never forget:)

Christmas eve we spent quietly at our house eating Mark's famous seafood chowder. Reese enjoyed hearing 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (a Murray family tradition) before bed. After opening gifts here on Christmas morning, we headed over to Mark's parents house where there were yet more gifts to open and more delicious food to eat. It was exhausting and enjoyable all at the same time.

Santa brought Mark a new external flash for his camera so he was busy snapping pictures through the day. Here are a few I thought I'd share:

Hunter, the cutest Santa's little helper you ever did see:)



Hunter and I. I'm sporting a new super-cool and comfy sweatshirt that my awesome sister got me for Christmas:)



New flash works well!



Ankle deep in gifts and wrapping paper. FYI, I have Xmas jammies too but refused to post pictures of myself first thing in the morning.



"Oh, let's open it!" I heard it one hundred times that day!



Christmas eve.....Santa's helpers left jammies for all of us.