Christmas Eve!!

Christmas Eve we went to Church and out to dinner! It was so nice having Grammy and Grandpop here to celebrate the holidays with! Layla was especially happy that they were here!

Pictures before Christmas Mass!

 Our Sweet Layla!

The Family of Three...not for long!

Grandpop, Layla and Grammy

Before Layla went to bed we wrote Santa a note and left him some milk and cookies! We didn't forget his reindeer...carrot sticks and pineapple (by Layla's request)!

Picking some cookies for Santa!

Layla is such a sweetheart with such good manners! She asked if we could write in the letter to Santa..."Thank you for the letter he wrote me"

Layla wanted to use her Hello Kitty cup for Santa's milk;-)

Wildlights at the Columbus Zoo!

We took Grammy and Grandpop to the Wild-lights at our Zoo! We went last year and loved it, so we were excited that they could join us this year! The Zoo is decorated with over 4 million lights and they have a light show every 1/2 hour in middle of the Zoo! It was was cold but bearable!

Wild-Lights

 Daddy and Layla!

 Layla of course Loved the purple lights!

 The carousel was open...so she picked Grammy to ride with her;-)

 Grandpop and Mommy!

 Our favorites...the palm trees!

Layla said..."Those trees are palm trees and they have coconuts on them"...smart cookie!

 

Making cookies with Grammy!!

Layla couldn't wait to make her first Christmas cookies with Mommy and Grammy! She had picked out all the sprinkles and cookie cut outs! Layla even had her own rolling pin:-)

Practicing rolling!

 Layla and Mommy

 Layla and Grammy...kisses!

 Grammy helping Layla...Love the shirt Grammy;-)

 Decorating...her favorite part!

 Grammy brought Layla a apron!

Gift from Auntie Katrina, Uncle Andrew, Grant and Gabe!

Layla getting ready to open the present!!

 Gifts for Baby Brother!...A Doggie with Tags!, blanket and hats! Thank you guys! It was SO thoughtful:-)

A BIG SISTER gift!!

 The Matching Game...Layla loves it!

Layla has really been into playing games!

Playing in the Snow!

Layla was SO excited for Grammy and Grandpop to come visit for Christmas! Since Mommy was to far along with Baby Brother that we could not travel back for Christmas! The day Grammy and Grandpop came we had a winter storm, we were so happy when they arrived safe and sound!

Waiting for them to come...being her silly self!

 Playing in the first snowfall!

Train ride with Santa!

We took Layla on her very first train ride! The best part was that Santa was riding with us:-) We drove about an hour and half outside Columbus to ride the Hocking Valley Train with Santa! It was a one of a kind experience and we are so glad we went. Although the train ride was almost two hours long, Layla was great! She Loved It!

The Hocking Valley Train!

All Aboard...Are tickets!

The train was decorated with Christmas lights and garland!

Layla and Daddy!

We had to stop to pick up Santa!!

Mommy and Layla!

Daddy and Layla

Layla and Santa!!

He sat down with every child on the train!

Mrs. Claus handed out candy canes!

It took Layla almost the entire train ride to finish it!