Christmas #2

We headed to NC to see my family for Christmas #2 early on the 26th. Even though awful awful weather was predicted (heavy rain, hail, wind), we got lucky and avoided it all. And we even made it in record time - 9 hours and 15 minutes! The kids have turned into such great travelers. (All we have to do is bribe them with McDonald's for lunch, and threaten to take away the Leap Pad & Leapster if they're bad! :)

My little sis was turning 31 that day, and was having a few friends over to celebrate at my parents' house, and we made it just in time to visit with everyone for a few minutes. Of course, I couldn't wait to get my hands on my cute nephew Anderson. I mean, come on, look at that face!!!

 Then it was time for family pizza, birthday cake, and presents. Bet you can't guess what part was this little girl's favorite!?

 Nanny outdid herself and had a homemade vanilla double-decker candy cane cake. So good! And champagne from Lora & John just topped off the night. Us Gibbs know how to party! :)

 We put the kids in their Christmas pjs, and then off to bed for Christmas Eve #2! :) Everyone woke happy on the 27th and the festivities began....but not before a little cousin love in those cute pajamas....

Oops, looks like we all went a little overboard....

Abby got the Baby Alive she desperately wanted.....and has barely put it down since...

Bec was my "secret" santa, and bought me lots of cute decorative stuff for our new house & 1000 bookshelves. This one, we have deemed "Mom's resting place" Ha! :)

Mom got all of us girls in matching pjs - once again - but we said we would only do it with mimosas in hand....

Abby took a break from opening presents to go outside with Nanny & throw the ball for O'Malley....

This is how Nate spent the remainder of the day....glued to his Angry Birds K'Nex set and another lego set he got...

Poppy with his 3 grands! (And Nanny's dumb hat!)

John & Mike took on the task of fixing us a fried turkey for dinner that night. It was my first fried turkey and oh so delicious!! (In fact, Lora & John did most of the cooking for our Christmas dinner. Thanks Bones!!)

Greg is such a kid magnet

Abby got jealous when we brought out her/Nate's old exersaucer for Anderson to play in. She insisted she still fit, but I beg to differ....

Uncle Greg & sweet Anderson!!

Mom's never happy with our "standard girls picture" anymore, so now we always have to do a wacky one as well. And the kids wanted to participate too! I think the craziest face award goes to .....Lora. Um, not.

One of Nate's favorite presents was a Stealth Sword (TMNTurtles). Abby managed to steal it for a second and put on quite a show. Love my little ninja!

Both my sisters had to leave Clemmons on the 28th, so our visit with them was short but sweet. Christmas wouldn't be the same without seeing my family (especially my sisters), and I'm so glad my kids have a new little cousin around now too!!

We stayed at my parents' house for another week, so stay tuned for another blogpost on that. (But if anyone is Facebook friends with me, they'll know that 5 of the 6 of us got the stomach/flu bug.....fun times....)