A Very Etue Christmas

Christmas was a whirlwind of family fun!  Let's start from the beginning!

Christmas Eve we went to Derek's parents house for their annual family and friends Christmas party.  We ate lots of food and the kids got some great presents.  The girls were just beginning to figure out this Christmas thing.  Tyler didn't last too long there.  A lot of us were a little jealous cause he was the only at the party that had a bed upstairs waiting for him!  He went down for a little nap until his sisters were begging to go home too.  We all lasted till 10pm, which for us Etues is very very late!  Once we were home it took the girls about five minutes to fall asleep!  That made Santa very happy, cause I think he was waiting on the roof to appear!

Tyler was the first one up on Christmas morning.  He was squeeling and yelping so loud, that Mommy had a hard time going back to sleep.  So me and Daddy were up with him at 6am, preparing breakfast.  We were done with breakfast and pretty much pacing the floors until Lexi got up.  She came into our bathroom like it was a normal morning.  Then Derek reminded her "Santa came", here was her response:

Lexi then went in to wake Addy which was kind of hard since Addy is on the top bunk and Lexi doesn't know how to climb the ladder!  But I helped her out and lifted her to Addy's level.  She said "Addy, Santa came!",  Addy opened her eyes and said "hey, how did you get up here?".  Once again, Christmas confused!  But it only took Addy a second to realize what Lexi was yelling at her and she jumped out of bed and to the tree they went!

In all these Christmas morning pics take special note of Tyler, he was a Christmas Maniac!  He sat in the middle of the action and just went at it!  Grabbing everything he could!  The girls were screaming "his name isn't on that"!  He then resorted to chucking hammers into my Christmas tree.  Towards the end of the opening he had to be removed and put down for a nap, I could not handle his wildness!

Lexi was more than thrilled with her Dora Kitchen.  She could have had that one present and been perfectly happy!

Addy loved the Disney Castle with all the Princesses!!

Check out Miss Styling in her new Disney sweats and Croc shoes!  And note:  She is in new Disney sweats in the above picture too, they both changed several times until all these new clothes were no longer new.

As soon as Santa presents were open, Grandpa and Grandma Etue came over with more toys!!

Boy toys finally!!  Daddy was more than happy to see a race track in the house!

Our last celebration of the day was at Papa and Grandma Zorn's house at around 4pm.   By this time, Tyler was D O N E !!  He pretty much took one picture over there and then went straight to bed for this third nap of the day!!

Tyler is letting everyone know in this picture that he is OVER Christmas day.  No more presents, no more extra people, no more pictures!!!  The boy took off out of the horse stalls this morning on a fast dash, and he just didn't have the stamina to finish the race!!  He should have paced himself better, maybe next year!

Happy First Christmas Tyler Ivan Stinker (Lexi's name for Mr. Ty!)

So this christmas season is coming to a close.  We are still trying to find a home for all our new things.  And the girls are now asking "when do we say, happy new year?"  The Etues have sure been blessed with good health, family, friends, and love during 2011.  We have been thru obsticales successfully and became better people because of them.  We have many hopes and dreams for 2012, including a few vacations, job advances, and a successful surgery.  But most of all the Etue party of five will be trudging through the new year together!!!!