Christmas day has finally arrived and the girls couldn't be more excited. Rylee REALLY got into the spirit and excitement of Christmas this year. She loved the nativity calendar that Grammy and GrandDad Gattis sent. It was the highlight of each day in December to put one more symbol up on the calendar count down to Jesus's birth.
The girl's excitement about the holidays filled my heart with joy!
So many family and friends were so kind to ship us gifts all the way to Japan. We certainly felt all the love from the states this year!
Thank you so much to all who sent Christmas cards and gifts, you truly made us feel special this year!
Thank you Uncle Tim and Aunt Kathy for the fun and cute hair pretties. The girls love them, Rylee put one on instantly!!
Thank you Uncle Boo and Aunt Carmen for the awesome jewelry boxes, stickers and umbrellas!! The girls can't wait for a rainy day!
Avery was very excited about her new umbrella! She also received new underwear that was equally as exciting! I think the girls changed their attire 3 times on Christmas morning. Every time they opened something they could wear they had to put it on immediately. It was too Funny!
One of the girl's favorite movies this year was "Madagascar." Avery is just crazy about Melman the Giraffe and Rylee loves Gloria the hippo. Much thanks to Grammy and GrandDad Gattis the girls received their own Melman and Gloria! They were in heaven!
And Avery looks just adorable in her bunny robe and night gown, thank you so much!
Oh what fun to be a kid!!
I apologize if this blog update seems a bit showy. My intent was not to brag about all the great things we received this Christmas, but more as a "THANK YOU" to all who thought of us this holiday season. And since we could not physically be with our family this Christmas, we wanted to shared in detail our Christmas excitement.
This has been an especially difficult time of year for us this year to be apart from family and friends! In addition to naturally missing everyone during the holidays, we also missed sharing in the arrival of our first nephew Cohen Matthew Smucker. He was born on December 23 and is a true blessing to our family!! We can't wait to meet him in person when we return in May!!
Merry Christmas to all and best wishes in 2010!
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