Christmas 2014

This Christmas with Cooper was wonderful of course. The last two years we've visited family right before or right after the holidays because of the lowered ticket prices which is fun but a little sad on actual Christmas Day. But it is so sweet to see our mailbox fill up with gifts my family sends to Cooper. He is always well thought of and loved even though we're far away and that is so special.

Cooper loved our Christmas tree, the first thing he would do every morning was run to the tree, plug in the lights, and give it a hug. He also loved our stockings, he loved to point to each one and have me label them "Dada" "Mama" "Cooper" "Baby Sister."

We painted Christmas ornaments with our friends in Utah at Color Me Mine.

Lyla is a little more enthusiastic about taking pictures than Cooper!

We went to our ward Christmas party that Cooper had a blast at, leading all the Christmas
songs and cheering for the kids doing the nativity.

We also took him to a light show in town set to music and videos and Cooper just loved it. It was so fun to watch him dance around and be so entertained by Christmas lights! (We didn't get any pictures of that.)

Most of the season we were all really sick and I had pneumonia so we didn't do as many Christmas things as we would have liked. We didn't take Cooper to see Santa either but I think it was probably his preference, I really don't think he would have enjoyed it.

For Christmas Cooper got a new train set, a basketball hoop, a t ball set, a Thomas pillow pet, a potato head, two Olivia books, a Thomas book, a Thomas hat, a Thomas DVD, a Tonka trunk, and some other little things. Between us and our families Cooper got really spoiled!

(These pictures are of a sad phone quality but our camera batteries died after the second picture we took, of course.)

Christmas Eve in his new garbage truck pajamas.

Christmas Day opening his Olivia books.

Riding his poor Tonka Trunk.

We have a video of him seeing his new train set for the first time, it starts out with him so excited and playing happily and then ends with him getting frustrated at his trains and kicking his tracks over. Hahaha, wonderful Christmas memories.

Baby sister got a baby monitor and a sound machine, that's what you get when you spend Christmas in utero! I got a beautiful gold necklace from Josh with a C and a R on it. And Josh got a date with me. Lucky!

We ate our Christmas dinner and our Christmas cookies that my grandparents always remember to mail me and facetimed both of our families and that was it! Josh and I are so thankful to have our sweet Cooper to play Santa for. He gets so excited and is so fun to spoil! I love love love having young kids at Christmas time, surely these are the best Christmases of life!