This Christmas, I felt the same rush of excitement I felt as a child on Christmas Eve. Harper’s first Christmas was so special, but I was even more excited this Christmas. We have a walking, talking toddler now and I was looking forward to seeing the holidays through her eyes.
My in-laws got Harper some wonderful gifts, including this Elsa doll that sings “let it go.”
We also got Harper lots of little felt play food for her kitchen. She loves the Melissa & Doug pizza set!
Harper made her grammy a nice little piece of Christmas artwork:
The rest of the afternoon, we played, relaxed and even snuck in a nap. Harper pretty much wanted to be in her car 24/7 and we took our first outdoor family walk in it before lunch time!
Harper even took Bitty Baby for a stroll…
I stocked up Harper’s coloring supplies with some crayola pip markers and crayons…
Lulu mostly chilled on our couch…
It was nice and brisk outside and we went for a walk in our PJs, because, Christmas.
A pretty house we saw on our walk…
After I woke up from a midday nap, I started to get things together for dinner. Harper ended up napping until 4 o’clock (Christmas miracle?) so the timing was perfect. We set the table and I got to work on the mashed potatoes and green beans. We got a ham from Honeybaked Ham and we also made a salad (a mix of spring mix lettuce, candied pecans, dried cranberries, granny smith apples and a pear vinaigrette).
I was so happy to have one of my best friends and Harper’s Godmother over for Christmas! Candice and her boyfriend made some incredible stuffing and truffle oil mac and cheese. Candice actually used Meg’s recipe— check it out here, it’s amazing!
Dinner was delicious and we just relaxed until Harper’s bedtime. After her longer-than-usual nap, she stayed up a little later than usual and we snapped some family photos.
Consulting an iPhone for a recipe? Ha!
After Harper was sound asleep, we all played Cards Against Humanity. It was the first time for all of us and it had us laughing so hard we were worried Harper would wake up. I also learned my in-laws have an even more awesome sense of humor than I thought!
I hope your Christmas was amazing! Thank you for reading and for all of your support in 2014. Here’s to an amazing 2015— wishing you all the very best!
What a perfect day! Christmas with kids is so much fun! My 2 1/2 year old son was so fun to watch this year. Your family looks so happy & your home is beautiful!
Love your Christmas Day outfit. Where is your top from? And your jammies?
So nice you had your daughters godmother over too! Is she Canadian too?
Merry Christmas! Love your blog!
Thank you so much ! I got the black sweater at gap and the PJ's from hannah andersson—I will go ahead and link them in my post since I forgot 🙂
She is Canadian but we met here the first year we both moved here!
It looks like Harper had an amazing first Christmas!! I love that PB kitchen, it is on my list to get Caroline when she gets a little bit bigger! 🙂
Love harpers dress where is it from?
Hi Marci! It's from Target 🙂
Merry Christmas to you guys! It looks like everyone had a great time and you did a nice job decorating 🙂 I'm pregnant with our first baby and am so excited to see how Christmas is with a little one next year!
I am SO happy for you! Congratulations 🙂 you will love being a mama 🙂
Looks like you guys had an amazing Christmas! I love Harper's little kitchen. So cute! And your PJs are adorable!
Thank you Whitney <3 Merry Christmas!
It looks and sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas – some beautiful memories captured!
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Where did you get your awesome wrapping paper? I love the buffalo check paper.
It's from Target! 🙂
This is ADORABLE!!! Love the whole story too! I know this is an older post..I love this kitchen set for my daughter but just writing to see if the knobs on the stove have a “click” sound? And how has your experience been with it? Thank you and take care!