you may laugh, but at least it is documented...

i had a friend (x) laugh today that i was just getting to christmas on my blog. but i am not the one who is going to set my dvr for the royal wedding. and making my baby wear a crown whilst watching it :) and admitting that if i didn't have a dvr i would get up at 2 am and watch it... anyway. here are some pics from christmas day 2010.

we had a treasure hunt for hen throughout the house. each room had a present. we started with the buzz lightyear suitcase so he could carry all his goods around with him (that did not end up successful).

hen was WAY too excited about his clothes...

and got less excited about his cool refigerator magnetic battery operated gears...

until he figured out how to use them and enjoyed watching them with daddy.

mca got some sweet kitchen accessories...

and gift giving would not be complete without a melissa and doug puzzle (thanks nana).

hen loved his new toy story sticker book...

and mommy and daddy LOVED hen's toy story lego train. we eventually sent him downstairs to play with his other toys so we could put it together without interruption.

and the grand finale was the wooden police/firestation. basically it is a barbie dream house for boys. it is pretty radical. and hen was very happy...

he even asked for it when santa came to visit him earlier that month.

christmas was very bittersweet for us this year. we had our first anderson family christmas, but were missing one very important person that day. we had looked forward to having anthon come home and be our big christmas surprise. but we focused our time around henry and we were very grateful to be able to spoil him and spend the time together.

ok. this is the deal

i haven't blogged about life in a while. i think i got stuck in a huge rut after anthon died. so i am starting back at christmas. please excuse my extreme lateness, but it is more for me than you. i am pretty sure, not because i don't love to scrapbook, that this blog is going to be the only thing that i will be able to use for memory keeping - in the long run. so. easter just got over. but here i present to you christmas eve of 2010:

christmas eve morning henry was already for the gift giving,

then he got tired and made himself a bed. he had no idea that he looked like lil baby jesus.

mca cooked our christmas eve lamb...

and we had lamb pizza along with some smoothies (thank you santa ((costco))for the blendtec blender). and we couldn't leave out my favorite anderson tradition of puzzling on christmas eve.

we spent some time with the robertson's at the cemetary to remember grandma and grandpa anderson and baby anthon.

then got in our christmas jams and attempted a family portrait. not very portraitesque.

check out this blog...

one of my favorite gals and her sisters/mom have started a great site for crafts. check it out. love ya val.

it is finally done...

here she is. click here to watch. leave a happy comment :)