Merry Christmas!
Ok, so I am a few days late…I apologize. It has been a crazy week!
We started by heading to visit my parent’s on Saturday (the 22nd). We had a lovely visit, got to finish up some Christmas shopping for Wes’s family, and enjoyed a lovely Christmas. We went to Church Sunday morning and enjoyed breakfast with Dad’s Sunday School class. It was their annual Christmas breakfast. We had a great time. Ashleigh loved the music time when she got to play the sticks. While everyone else wanted to go home and nap, Ashleigh decided that she wanted to go play in the nursery. She went right in and played, no fussing or fighting! She usually needs someone to help her get used to the nursery at Grandma’s church. So Mom, Grandpa, and Wes went back to the house. I stayed and helped Dad clean up from the breakfast so that Ashleigh could play in the nursery.
Once we were back at the house we ate some lunch and started the celebrating! We started by having Ashleigh place Jesus in the Nativity Scene. Since it was Christmas to us, we followed the Christmas traditions. Ashleigh had a BLAST opening her presents and handing out our presents. She loved getting her play-doh and her much awaited dumptruck. Uncle Ted must have known that she was going to discover Curious George just before Christmas, because he also go her a Curious George movie. She just discovered Curious George on PBS kids the week before Christmas and watches it all the time! Maybe it has something to do with that psychic girlfriend he almost had……(she left him before they met 
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After naptime Grandma’s friends came over. We had a full house! Jack and Rosemary were there, we got to see Julie too! It’s amazing how we can live an hour from each other, but we have to go back home to PA to ever see each other. It was a lovely visit. Beth and Steve also came over. We all had a lovely eveing and a great dinner! Ashleigh enjoyed the cookies!
We drove home late Sunday night and went to bed! We spent Monday with Wes’s side of the family. Wes’s Uncle JR and Aunt Linda where in from TN and Uncle Garry and Aunt Ann were up from LA. Beth and Roy were also down from CT. We had a full house! We went to dinner, then Christmas Eve church and then back to Nana’s to open presents. Presents for 12 takes quite a while! Ashleigh got some great toys, including a YOGA MAT (and yes, it is blue, just like she asked for)! Yay! She loves her yoga mat, her new market, her new wardrobe, and her books! She has played with ALL of her new toys and loves them all. She has also gotten to wear quite a bit of her new wardrobe, though some she will need to grow into. She LOVES new clothes!
Tuesday morning we had a wonderful family morning. We slept in, ate breakfast, and opened some presents. Ashleigh loved her stocking. She found some yummy candy in there as well as some play-doh and a train! She loved the books she got as well. She helped us all open our stockings. She got her very first bible (her Jesus book), a new Boz the Bear DVD, some new plates and silverware, and her favorite, her new Little People Ark complete with a pair of lions, zebras, elephants, birds, tigers, camels, and Noah! She loves playing with it. She now has the Ark, the Market, the Princess Castle, and the House. She has a whole city of Little People and she LOVES it!
On the 27th Wes’s cousin Eric and his wife Sarah arrived with their daughter Jadah. Ashleigh and Jadah are having a BLAST playing together. Jadah is almost exactly one year younger than Ashleigh. Ashleigh loves having a friend in the house. They will be staying with us for a few more days and the girls are having a blast! It’s a lot of fun to have a playmate in the house for Ashleigh! 
We were supposed to head to NJ today to see the Leifer Clan, but alas, our car decided that it would not be a good idea. So, we are home. We have a fun filled weekend planned while the family is still in town. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas as well. We have added albums for each of our Christmas celebrations! Enjoy our photos!