Thursday, December 25, 2008

A Very Merry Christmas

This marks the first year that we celebrated Christmas in Columbus, and not Toledo. With two little ones to travel with and one set of grandparents now living here, it seemed like the right thing to do.

We spent Christmas Eve at Mimi and Papa's new house with the Bages and the Tomars. In honor of Tolga and his parents, we enjoyed a Turkish themed Christmas dinner. Not surprisingly, Ava especially enjoyed the Turkish fare.


Then it was on to the opening of the gifts. Here are a few highlights.




After a late night, Ava needed some prodding to get out of bed on Christmas morning. She first needed to be reassured that Santa had left the gifts and was not waiting downstairs for her (she's still a bit afraid of him). Christmas morning was a little more quiet than what we expected!

Lily enjoyed the paper more than anything else.







Later that day we headed back to Mimi and Papa's.





Each Christmas we celebrate our many blessings. We are so fortunate to have such a wonderful family, caring friends, and the means to provide for our two beautiful daughters. May God bless all of you just as he has blessed us!

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