Merry Christmas!!

Hope everyone is having a very happy holiday!  We had a great weekend - and don't want it to end ... after months of preparing it's all over so quick.  But that's why I'm going to keep my decorations up for awhile longer - it's makes the dreary upstate NY winter a bit brighter!

Wanted to share some moments with Braylie ... she was such a ham and had a blast with her cousins, and aunts and uncles, and grandmas and grandpas, and great-grandmas and great-grandpas, and lots and lots of friends!  She's a lucky little girl to have so many people who love her. 

In fact, she has SO many loved ones she has a hard time keeping up with all of them, so don't be surprised if you receive a Braylie-dial or Braylie-text ... it may not make sense, but it's just her little way of saying hello.

We were so excited to go see Santa ("ta-ta") this year.  She was so little last year that she didn't really know what was going on.  She seemed a little skeptical at first this year, but warmed right up when Santa broke out the storybook and started reading to her.  We were so proud!

We had a blast walking around the Garden Factory.  It was all set up for kids and decorated for Christmas.  Braylie LOVED the train village!

On Christmas Eve, Braylie was so excited to get dressed up to go over to Nani and Papi's house.

Braylie ran around playing with her cousins and opening presents - but she made time to snuggle for a pic with Daddy.

On Christmas night we went over to Grandma and Grandpa's house to celebrate and Braylie wanted to dress up like a little Princess ... she made sure not to forget her favorite accessory - her phone.


She had so much fun playing with her cousins and ripping up wrapping paper ... and snacking on whatever she could get her hands on.

We're not sure she realized there were presents inside the packages she was going so fast!  But she has been busy playing with all of her new toys since we've gotten home and says "Thank you!!" to everyone for all of her very generous gifts.  She loves each and every one of them!

The biggest surprise for me was how much she loved the 4-wheeler Santa brought her.  I was worried she might not 'get it' yet since she's only 16 months old, but I underestimated my girl once again.  Daddy had it right - I just hope he's not also right about her future X-Games fame.  Yikes!  Watch the video below to see our crazy 4-wheeling toddler in action.

Hope everyone had (or is still having!) a wonderful holiday, and if we didn't get to see you yet we hope to see you soon!!

xoxoxoxoxoxo