Christmas keeps coming!

Today we had Christmas with Baggie and Bopbop!  They came to Eau Claire, made us a yummy dinner, and came with their own Santa bag full of gifts for the kids!  A big part of our Christmas gift this year from everyone in the Eiselt family was our big trip to Charlotte for Thanksgiving.  That was the best gift - time all together!  But of course, the kids were excited to have MORE (yes, more!) presents to open!  

It was a warm sunny Sunday in our living room.

Logan is a fast unwrapped - a professional, you might say.

The kids got lots of clothes from Baggie, which was the perfect gift!  They all had needs and the employees at babyGap love Baggie.  :)

Bennett is especially into his clothes, so he was stoked!

Logan also got some Laser Pegs to build with so Bopbop and Daddy had to figure those out!

Jenga!

Eden got some cute new boots from Baggie!!

New pants for the boys whose legs wont stop growing!

And Benny could never have enough jeans!  The kid loves his skinny jeans - EVERYDAY!

Finally, our little creation for B & B.  Thanks for the special day!  We love you!

Our Girl

Eden seems like she is growing up faster than the boys ever did.  I can't believe she is almost 10 months!  She is so much fun and so adorable, I just want it to last forever!

She is getting so long!

We were having so much fun playing today and I happened to have the camera nearby!

Sweetest smile and biggest baby blues!

She of course has to be standing all.the.time!  She is so good at standing on her own and we keep waiting for her first steps.

We even got her cart out so she could push it around!

She loves to play hide and seek with Daddy.

And she is always full of giggles!

Eden does tricks.  Like standing on the arm of the chair!  Only Daddy trains her in these tricks - not Mommy.  

We love to shovel!

We've had some seriously great snow!  The boys love to shovel!!  Eden likes to watch out the window.

I suppose next year she will be shoveling, too!

Just the girls...

The boys went to spend the weekend at my parents since they are off school and Papa is off work.  So, while John was busy with projects, it was just the girls!

I should mention, Eden napped about 3+ hours each afternoon, so I got lots done while the boys were away, too.  It was nice to feel productive for once.

Eden got caught red handed!  Look at those guilty eyes.  She was digging for treasures in the diaper bag.  Thanks to my parents for having the boys for the weekend!

Christmas at home!

We celebrated Christmas early with my family and will do later with John's because we need to be home on Christmas for church and because its lovely to start our own traditions!  We were happy our schedule worked out the way it did this year.  John went in on Christmas Eve for services and I got all the kiddos ready.

We do casual Christmas.  We like it that way and we fit in well at our church like that.

 I have the world's cutest kids.  Love them!

And we're off to church to meet up with Daddy!

The boys (and Eden) came to service with us because the children's ministry was limited for Christmas services.  They loved having their candles ready.

After church, John stayed for more services while the kids and I started a new tradition: take out pizza on Christmas Eve!  Yeah!

Another new tradition: Each of the kids got to open and ornament and hang it on the tree before bedtime on Christmas Eve.

Eden was adorable in her Christmas tights!

Looks like Santa stopped by...

My Christmas morning breakfast was a flop (big shocker, I know!).

A random sampling of Christmas morning gift opening photos...it was a joy!

 Logan mentioned a few days before Christmas that he asked Santa for "Switch and Go Dinos"...Santa delivered (even on short notice!).

 Eden got snack cups (filled with Cherrios!)

Thanks Santa!

 As expected, the baby liked the ribbons and wrapping the best of all!

 Hugs after exchanging their personally chosen $1 gifts for eachother.

Dad spent a lot of time unwinding new toys and installing batteries.

New RC racers were a hit!

Lots of reading new stories!

A day of great snuggles!

We bundled up for a ride to Irvine Park in Chippewa Falls to see the Christmas lights!  Another super fun tradition!

We drove through the park and looked at all the lights.  At the back of the park, there are big story boards to read.  We always read both "The Night Before Christmas" and "Frosty The Snowman".

It was a big anniversary at Irvine Park this year and we think there were even more lights than normal.  It was really fun to see!

Eden checking out our ever growing wall of Christmas greetings from friends near and far!