Tams Family: Christmas Extravaganza Evening!!!!

The preface the entire post...

When I mentioned to my sister-in-law last night that we were going to meet Santa, she said "I can't wait to see pictures!" Not a good thing to tell someone who has an obvious picture taking addiction!!! Haha.....so here we are with PLENTY of pictures from our fun-filled evening last night!

Alright, so here was MY PLAN for yesterday...Addie normally takes a nap around 1pm, but most days she is tired before that, so yesterday (since I didn't have to pick Drew up from school at 12:30) she was going to go down around noon....at 3:30 the kids would put on their super-cute matching jammies and we would head to this really fun train, where we took our family pictures, which reminded me of the Polar Express... Santa would come...we'd take some cute pictures of the kids and then head to Drew's school for the Christmas Extravaganza....

That was the plan...seemed reasonable...but here's how it all went down....

Around noon both kids were bathed, lotioned and brushed and Drew says to me, "Mommy, I'm tired, I WANT to take a nap!!!" Seriously, could it really happen where both of my wonderful children would nap...at the same time? Sounded like a plan to me! So Drew climbed into his top bunk and I put Addie down in her bottom bunk. I closed the door and crossed my fingers... After 30 minutes Addie was still giggling but not a peep from Drew. I figured he had fallen asleep and she was just taking her time! WRONG! I opened the door to find Drew hanging one of his stuffed animals over the side of the bed and Addie reaching up and giving it kisses! SO CUTE...any other time! So I kicked Drew out of the room and laid Addie down...it was now 12:30! The noises, moaning, babbling, etc continued until 2:30 when she finally feel asleep!!! So much for our 3pm outing! I then walk into the playroom where Drew is now laying on the floor....ASLEEP!! I now know we aren't going anywhere until AT LEAST 5!!!

So by 5 both kids were up and ready! Good thing was they were well rested!!!! So off we went. We decided we'd "meet" Santa at Grandma's house, but thought we'd stop by the train first for some pictures! We got there...kids were cute and happy...but my camera was acting a little funky! I later discovered that it is always a good idea to have the lens completely attached to the body of the camera BEFORE attempting to take pictures! Problem fixed....off to meet Santa!!

Drew was cool with Santa.... but had a slight feeling that it was actually his Uncle Mike! Addie was unsure to say the least! We'd seen Santa at the mall and she had completely flipped! So I was expecting tears and screaming!

She didn't disappoint! Santa walked in and the tears started...she wanted NO part of him! She sat on daddy's lap and then crawled to the corner and "hid"....

Drew talked to Santa...Santa talked to Drew and then Addie appeared.... she crept towards him and then away... she was curious, but didn't want to be held!

The played and she loved the gift he'd given to her... I loved it because she did the exact same thing Drew had done with Santa 2 years ago! Sometimes it nice to see similarities...even through the delays!

I love this picture! We have a very similar picture of Addie 2 Christmases ago looking at him just like this! Except then she was draped in oxygen tubing and feeding tubes!!! Such a reminder of how far she has come!!

This doesn't happen very often.... it is happening more and more, but I still just love to see them playing together.

When Santa left Uncle Mike came over and brought presents for the kids, since he won't be here for Christmas.

Addie loved her doll carrier!

Drew was so anxious to open his present!

I LOVE this picture! :)

Hmmm...fun! Thanks Uncle Mike!!! I hope I'm getting ear plugs for Christmas!

Rockstar!

Well, that was enough fun and excitement for me for the evening, but we weren't done yet! Off to Drew's Christmas Extravaganza! He found his friends, Taylor and Kyla...