Christmas 2008

Jackson's First Christmas was so much fun, although we are all a little tired. The festivities started Christmas Eve at my grammy's house. For almost 30 years Santa has made a stop in El Dorado Hills on Christmas Eve. Jackson got to meet Santa for the very first time.......Too bad dad missed his visit. :-) The next morning we spent at my parents house. This was the first time in 28 years that I did not wake up on Christmas morning at my parents house. Luckily I only live down the street! We had a wonderful breakfast complete with Mimosa's. Kelli made Jackson a stocking and it is adorable! Thanks Kelli for all your hard work, hope your fingers are recovering! Later that day we drove to Cameron Park to the Anderson Christmas festivities. The guys exchanged gifts in a crazy "white elephant" exchange. While the girls opted to draw a name and buy for a specific person. We did however bring our favorite thing under $10 and did a "white elephant" exchange too. It was so fun to see every one's choices, from the ped egg, lip gloss, body cream and scarfs it was great fun! I ended up with Kelli's favorite things, Carmex, Kiels #1 lip balm and a big bag of Wintergreen lifesavers. Luckily we had a day to rest before the Haviland Christmas on Saturday. Nic's Auntie Anne and Cousins Grant and Laura were able to join us via web cam and got to see Baby Jackson. Baby Jackson got his first Hallmark ornament. Nic's Grandma buys everyone a Hallmark ornament on Christmas. She does all her shopping in June and buys the most perfect ornaments for everyone! Mya Sue is even included and has quite a collection of Hallmark dog ornaments. After FOUR family Christmas gatherings we feel very blessed to have such wonderful family who showered us with gifts and love! We hope everyone had a great Christmas!