minimunchkin: The First Noel...

Christmas this year was all the more special for us with Mia's arrival. Once again, we are reminded of just how blessed we are to have two healthy, beautiful kids.

Our "new" happy family :)

Woodland Pre-School Christmas Concert

An X-tra special Christmas package

Christmas fever hit our home the moment we brought out our Christmas tree. We continued our little family tradition of decorating the tree together then giving Ryan the most important job of placing the star on top of the tree. As the presents began piling up under the tree, it was very amusing to see the poor little guy's will power tested to the limits. Shad and I had managed to "persuade" him to wait until Christmas to open up his presents but each day we were asked the same question, "can I open my present NOW?"

We decided to have a quiet dinner at home on Christmas Eve this year with Mum and Dad who are here for the holiday season and a few close friends. Christmas Eve night has always been very special for me. Growing up, that was the time when all our family would come together for a huge meal then sit around and sing carols until it was time to go for Midnight Mass at church. While we didn't make it to church this year, we still managed to keep up the tradition of lots of yummy food and great company for the night.

A turkey and ham Christmas dinner with the Chins, Hans and Ngams

Opening up presents with Emeric and Aunty Ava

A Christmas snuggle for Mama

Can't wait to try out Mama and Daddy's Christmas pressie

She may be tiny, but she stretches like an old pro

The extended family portrait

We had two of Ryan's classmates' families over for lunch on Boxing Day. Ryan, Samuel and Alicia are good buddies at school, and I suspect that their little siblings Mia, Zoe and Andrew will also grow up to be good friends. The three littlies were born within days of each other :), so it looks like we'll be seeing lots more playdates in the days to come.