Christmas 2008-Tate side

We had a nice little Christmas here in Utah with the Tate family. Jessica was in town too, and Santa brought her a stocking full of goodies in addition to Rowan's presents and mine & Justin's stockings. Santa sure is nice!

Rowan didn't really get the whole opening presents thing. We had to help her. She got her very own laptop, and a whole bunch of books.

She also got her very first doll, a vintage C*bbge P*tch. She adores it. She gives her baby "huggies" all the time. It's very cute.

Notice the fat lip. Justin and I were in the mall on Christmas Eve (what? yes, I know we're crazy) and I was walking with Rowan in a store--she had her arms up, holding on to my fingers and she slipped and fell face first into the floor. Poor thing cried for a good 10 minutes straight.

Her hair is this crazy every morning. She's an all-over-the-place kind of sleeper.

After we opened presents at home, we had a nice breakfast with Justin's mom and brother & sister-in-law. Then we headed to Danielle & Dave's to do the big family thing.

Justin had fun trying out James' new toy. He couldn't get it down. Not that I would've been able to either. In fact, I didn't even try because I knew I'd fall flat on my face.

The girlies got matching jackets from Auntie Kristen. Rowan also got a super cute jacket....

(thanks again, Kristen & Keri, we love it!)

I think I took about a million photos of all the Tate cousins in this pose. It would probably take me a century to find one in which all seven of them were looking at the same camera, smiling. You get the idea, though, right? They're all still so cute, and I love 'em all.

After we ate a super-delish, non-traditional Christmas dinner (which, by the way, I loved....thanks Danielle) we headed over to a local hill for a little bit of sledding. It was very cold, and rainy/snowy, but the big kids (aka uncles/husbands) and little kids (aka little kids) had fun.

It was a very nice day, and it's always great when Justin and I have a day off together! Merry Christmas!!