Christmas '09: Part I

The McHusband and I spent the holidays with our families. We were at Bri's house for dinner Christmas Eve then back there in the morning for gifts and breakfast. When we got to Bri's Christmas morning, Lyla was already playing with one of her presents: her Cozy Coupe.













Owen thought the car was pretty cool, but Lyla wasn't too sure she was ready to share.













At the beginning of the video, you can clearly hear Lyla say, "Mine," and then watch her push the car away from Owen and get in to further her claim on it.


Owen didn't let a little bullying from cousin Lyla put a damper on his Christmas spirit though.











Lyla and Owen, of course, had quite a pile of presents to open. Bri got each of them their own little backpacks so they can finally start pulling their own weight.













Lyla's is a mouse and Owen's is a puppy.













Lyla had lots of fun opening the presents but wasn't as interested as we were in what was under the paper. Owen was happy with snacks.



























My mom got Lyla a crib with a canopy for her baby dolls. I think my mom made all the fabric stuff like the bedding and the canopy. Pretty awesome, huh?


















There was even a mobile in there.













The McHusband, Nate, and Calvin put Lyla's car together the night before. Shannon noticed on Christmas morning that the front wheels looked a little off and sure enough, they were on the wrong way (the outside was facing in). So back to the shop the car went. Lyla followed in Uncle McHusband's footsteps, though, and monitored the repairs closely. You can't just let any yahoo work on your car, you know.











Lyla loves her car!

















I think she must be backing up in this picture.

















We got Lyla a slide for Christmas. Unfortunately, my camera's memory chose the second before she actually slid down to be full, but you can still see how excited she was just before she took the plunge.


Christmas with the McInlaws next!