Santa!

Santa came!!  Hooray!!  Much to our surprise, Ellie & Abby slept in Christmas morning.  We practically had to wake them up to see what Santa brought.  But once they were fully awake, they were soooo excited to see their presents!

When people would ask Abby what Santa was bringing her, she'd always reply, "A pink present."  So Santa made sure to wrap all Abby's gifts in pink paper.  
Santa brought both girls gifts of clothes, books, games and art supplies.

Checking out her new girly stick-horse.

Ellie's new ipod speaker from Santa to go with the new ipod Mommy & Daddy gave her.  Her first thought when she opened the ipod was about Abby -- she wanted to give Abby her old one.  How sweet was that?

Ellie's two Santa wish list items all season:  An American Girl doll and a hug from Mrs. Cox (her teacher).  Here's Ellie with her new doll and Mrs. Cox gave Ellie lots of sweet Christmas hugs at church on Christmas eve! 

Abby with her talking personalized Elmo phone.  It says her name and leaves her voice mails.  Pretty funny. At first she was totally freaked out when she heard him say Abby. Now she likes it and says "he said my name!" everytime it says Abby!