merry christmas weekend

oh sooo many Christmas parties!!! taylor enjoyed every single party. it's so fun with taylor being almost 2...and she's so fun, active, energetic, excited, and she understands sooo much and talks so much. she knows what Christmas is...that it's Jesus' birthday (yet when you ask her she keeps saying it's "Christmas's" birthday and we have to keep telling her it's Jesus'). she knows christmas songs this year and sings them all the time. she knows what the Christmas tree is and that there are presents under it. oh man, the list goes on!!!it's sooo much more enjoyable this year. there have been many Christmas parties this whole weekend and she's received lots of presents....and it's sooo fun watching her rip apart the wrapping paper!

friday was the CFBC chino hills christmas party but i forgot to take pics. taylor had fun and kept calling all the kids her "cousins."

party dad's side-saturday before christmas

getting her first present at this party
friend party at the manalili's on sunday before christmas
here's a pic with some of the kiddies

not a good pic...but i needed a pic that had kellan and mateo in it and this was what i had : (

taylor loved this robe she got from the manalili's and wouldn't take it off...the dora doll from the castro's was her 2nds favorite

christmas eve dinner.
with jino's family. the dress my mom bought her to wear (so i couldn't make her an outfit). the tom's shoes given by auntie krissas.

books...if you give a mouse a cookie and where the wild things are from uncle jp

the table and chairs (that stay at their house) from lola and lolo

christmas eve party-my mom's side
we also had our annual christmas eve party with my mom's side of the family. we stayed till midnight till we got our presents. and to pass time the cousins all played rockband. i didn't take any pics. was too tired.

christmas day.
waking up to open presents...
taylor's finished dora vanity from grandma and grandma

silly princess outfit (from auntie katie) + mouthful of bread + dora slippers= priceless

playing with her toy kitchen from santa (aka mama & papa)

lola & lolo's house christmas day-mom's side party
opening one of her presents which was a dora towel

one of the only pics we took together that nightpulling her lil mini radioflyer wagon and bears that she got

that was our fun-filled, very tiring christmas weekend. lots of memories created this past weekend. lot of fun, presents, time with family...but let's not forget the reason for it all...the birth of Jesus! without him all these memories wouldn't have been possible.