Christmas 2010

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Christmas Video

Here is a short video from Chrismas morning that I took with my new video camera. Looks like I'm going to have fun with my new toy!

Merry Christmas

Everyone is coming down from a sugar high and getting sleepy. Christmas has been great.Santa came this morning and left some great loot. Also he really must have liked  Richard's fudge because it was almost gone. This morning after looking over the goodies that Santa brought I made our traditional breakfast of monkey bread . I have made it every year since Max has been born. It's yummy sugary and delicious! We have made room for Maxwell's new toys and settled in. I'm going to make a pot of baked potato soup for dinner and enjoy the rest of the evening with my husband and and beautiful baby.

The loot.

Santa loved the fudge as much as we did.

Waking up Christmas morning.

Maxwell really loved the cars that Santa brought him.

Here is a portion of the monkey bread that I made for breakfast. So simple and so tasty!

Christmas Eve

The Browns celebrated Christmas Eve tonight. We had dinner and went about our evening routines and then it was time to open presents. I'm really excited that Jeff got me the Flip video camera that I was wanting and I got him a new LCD TV for the bedroom.Even Herman and Maddie got new beds and a bone. It was good, no it was great. Now that we have opened presents and Max is in bed we are waiting for Santa to appear. Maybe we can catch a glimpse of him if we stay up long enough.

Jeff's friend Richard brought over some delicious peanut butter fudge. We decided that Santa would appreciate it and left him a little. Hopefully he likes it!

Maddie's new bed.

Herman got a new bed too. Hoorah!

The Family together in front of the tree.

Maybe Jeff and I went a little over board, maybe.

And we are off!

This is the blanket that I made for Maxwell.

This is the ornament that Max and I painted today. We made some play-doh the other day in therapy and I went ahead and cut this out. Thankfully it's finally dry so we could paint it today. I absolutely LOVE it!

Reading "The Night Before Christmas" with my favorite little man.

We'll see what Santa has to bring tomorrow. For now... "Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!"



Oops!

Today after breakfast I was cleaning up some dishes and Jeff ran the trash out. Apparently Jeff left the gate open and Max went exploring. Went right into my craft room. Under normal circumstances that wouldn't be a big deal, however, Jeff and I were hiding a Christmas from Papa in there. Needless to say Maxwell found the jackpot! He crawled in the car and kept yelling VROOM VROOM! I called my dad (Papa) and he said that I couldn't take it away from him. He has been loving it since he found it. I'm thinking that it may be his favorite gift all Christmas. Tonight after dinner and baths we are going open up gifts to each other and make some cookies. Also tonight we are going to watch National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. I have never seen it and am pretty excited to watch it. I know it's a cult classic and soon I'll know how great it is.

Sorry but as usual my camera is dark and somewhat hard to see. You'll see that he keeps yelling vroom!

Christmas Party at Papa's House

Last night was the Christmas party at my dad's house. We had a yummy potluck and a Dirty Santa exchange. Jeff exchanged for a Hobby Lobby gift card for me. What a great guy, and I ended up with an extensions cord and garden hose organizer. It was a really good time. We left a little early because Max started to get a little grumpy. Here are some glimpses into the evening.

The Family all together.

Maxwell also got a gift from his Aunt Andrea and Uncle Jeff.

Maxwell liked helping everyone open their Dirty Santa gift.

Christmas is almost here!

Click here and see the special message that Santa sent Maxwell this Christmas!

Christmas is almost here and the Brown house is brimming with excitement and about to explode! I have always loved Christmas but it seems like that now that Max is here it's even better. Reliving our childhood again has been fun for both Jeff and I. I have some surprises in store for both of my boys that I have to keep on the down low for now but soon you will get to see. Jeff and I couldn't wait any longer to open a present and I was excited for Jeff to see what Maxwell got his daddy. So like a 4 year old begging to open a gift early we gave in to ourselves and opened our gifts from Max. I got these... Yes, 12 pairs of toe socks! I love them. Jeff picked the item and Maxwell picked the actual socks.

I gave Maxwell 4 options and this is what he picked.

Father like son I guess. There is a story behind the gnome. When Jeff and I first got married somewhere he got a gnome that he thought was hilarious. Well unfortunately that broke and was in pieces in our garage until recently. Jeff kept thinking he could glue it back together but never did. So walking down the aisle of Hobby Lobby Max and I stumbled across this. I had already gotten something from Max but admittedly it wasn't great. It was like a light bulb going off when I saw the gnome. I let Max pick between several and this is the one he picked so who am I to argue with what he wants to get his daddy.

One of the traditions I started was getting Max a Hallmark ornament every year since he was born. I thought you might be interested in seeing them. There is no theme just that they are the Keepsake ornaments from Hallmark.

2008/ The Cow Jumping Over the Moon

2009/ Where the Wild Things Are

2010/ Curious George

Tonight is Christmas with my family and it will be the kickoff to the festivities for the year. We are having a snack food potluck (I'm bringing the 5 layer dip). And exchanging gifts including a Dirty Santa exchange. I'll let you know how Jeff and I fair. Plus I'm really excited because my days off fall on Christmas this year. Luck of the draw and I couldn't be happier about it!!! I hope the holiday season is everything you want it to be and more! 

Merry Christmas, from the Browns

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A twinkle in the sky.

Last night the Browns went out on the town. First we ate some dinner and went to look at Christmas lights. We saw some that were pretty basic and then there were come that were b-e-a-u-tiful! Chesapeake is an energy company here and they always have a fantastic display and this year is the best I've seen. After checking out lights We went to the Barons game downtown. Max seemed to enjoy himself but unfortunately he wouldn't take a nap and he got a little fussy and we left. He managed a 20 minute nap in between periods though. Jeff and I figure that we will try it again on a night when Max actually takes a nap.

Lights in downtown and at Chesapeake.

The Oklahoma City Barons!!! Yeah the stands aren't very full, oh well.

 This is the only picture I could manage to get of my family. Jeff wouldn't let me ask the people behind us to take the picture cause he is a dork.

peace and quite for now...

Apparently I have been falling down on my job of devout blogging mommy. Now that Max is officially on the mend he has had a busy week. We had speech therapy on Wednesday, school Wednesday and Thursday and a play date after school today. For being cooped up in the house for so many days we made up for a lot these past two days. And tomorrow is no different. Tomorrow we have both speech and physical therapy, laundry, search for something to get Jeff from Max for Christmas and a trip to the grocery store. Plus Jeff is working a hockey game tomorrow night so it's just me and the little guy. Not much else to report and I kind of like that with the past couple of weeks our family has had. Here are some pictures from our play date today. Also for Christmas Max got "elf on a shelf" from the Jaggi's. It's really cute!