Oops. Some pictures I forgot to post.

Before Christmas we got some cheap portraits taken. It was Hayden's 3rd birthday so we got some of him. And then we got Amelia's first Christmas Picture. I had such a good coupon so we got one of the kids together and one of the entire family.

We also got one of all of the cousins when we were in Utah (except Lucy). The kids are all wearing Steelers gear.

NYE 2011

For New Years Eve we got out with our friends Phil and Kris. It is Kris's birthday so we usually go out to eat. This year we went out to eat on Friday. We went downtown to eat and the stopped to see the lights afterwards.

On NYE we stayed in. Amelia went to bed early.



Hayden stayed up for a little bit and enjoyed his special treat... doritos. He lasted until about 9pm.


Phil and Kris came over for appetizers and we played the the XBOX Kinect. I have tons of funny pictures and videos from this.

I tried some new appetizer recipes. The jalepeno popper dip was the hit. I posted the recipes on our recipe blog here: http://theqfamilyrecipes.blogspot.com/

Christmas Day

On Christmas morning Hayden actually slept a reasonable amount of time. I was worried he would be up early but Amelia was up before him. When he did wake up he was very excited.


He opened his stocking first...


Then we took turns having Hayden open a present then Amelia. Santa brought Hayden some blocks, a dr set, a doug and melissa pizza, a scooter, and a backhoe. He later reminded me that he asked Santa for two backhoes but only got one!!!!


Amelia got some kitchen stuff, cupcakes, the little people nativity set, a hooded towel and a princess couch. She loves her couch.

But she loved the wrapping paper the best.



Later we visited Pap and Uncle Jack and the rest of the Steinhart family.

Hayden is so shy at first. Amelia is not. Pap gave Hayden his life size wall cling that we made from a picture of him dressed as a Jedi. It turned out great.


It was taken the same day as our Christmas card picture.


Amelia enjoyed crawling around and looking super cute.


Later she took a huge nap and then we headed next door to Aunt Patty and Uncle Jimmy's. Hayden proceeded to have hershey kisses for dinner and Amelia enjoyed sugar cookies. Oh well. It was good holiday and the kids were exhausted when we got home.

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Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve with my immediate family. First we stopped to see Grandma Barb and open presents from her. Hayden got 2 HUGE sacks of presents which he loved. He was so polite and kept telling her Thank You and was so excited. He was the best present opener. He loved his vacuum best probably followed by the pirate ship. He also got to help Amelia open her gifts. Time will tell what Amelia likes.



Later we all had dinner at my sisters house. The kids had fun playing together. Hayden loved opening presents and giving them. He got some more trucks so he was excited. Amelia enjoyed eating meatballs and chicken. Amelia got a small singing kitchen from Ryan which she loves.

We got our official family picture this year. Last year was the first time in a long time that we did not.


And one of just the cousins...(ignore the tv glare)



Hayden was so excited when we got home. He wanted to play with his presents. I told him he could pick one and play for 5 minutes b/c it was late. Of course he picked his present from Ryan that needed built. I said no. He cried. But eventually he calmed down and said to me. Ok Santa will build it for me! (That didn't happen by the way and he remembered late the next day and was mad!)
So he clamed down and we put out some milk and cookies for Santa. Hayden wanted Santa to have chocolate milk. That was funny to us b/c Hayden hates chocolate milk.



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