After Christmas I started to clean up all of the gifts and put them away...then I realized that I would probably want to remember what Emma Claire got for her very first Christmas. So before putting it all away I laid it all out and took some pictures :-) She was a very good girl this year and got lots of goodies.
Some of her presents are for when she's older, like the board games and books. She can sit in her jumpy bouncer right now but falls forward some...I'm thinking she'll be using it in no time! My Mom, Grammy, bought Emma Claire her first Disney movies! (Tangled, The Lion King and Peter Pan...Mommy and Daddy got her Winnie the Pooh) The Lion King and Peter Pan were two of my favorites when I was little! Santa brought her Elf on the Shelf! I can't wait to start that when she's older!
My favorite gifts that I got her were the books I made on Shutterfly.
I made a small book with pictures from her first month. I'm going to make one for each month!
Here's a little peek inside!
I am so excited to make her "Month Two" book! It will be so special to have twelve of these for her first year!
I also made a book for her birth. I'm not a scrapbooker and I hate making photo albums so creating an online book is the PERFECT way for me to record memorable events in our lives!
A little peek inside
I got a lot of gifts this year but I think one of my favorite gifts was this one from the Hubster...
The reason I love it so much is because it isn't just any book...
Emma Claire had her Daddy write a sweet note to me inside! Be still my heart, how sweet is that little foot!?
The Hubster was also very creative with another gift...
I opened this bag to find my boots...my RUINED boots. Ha! They got something on them during our move and are yucky now :-( I was so confused until I found the other part of my "gift"
He's too cute! :-)
The Hubs got some fun stuff as well!
I got the Hubster a tactical bag that he's been wanting for a while!
He also got some Polos, fleece jackets, sweaters, and some things he'll need for work. Although I think his favorite thing was the pez I put in his stocking ;-) He's just a big kid at heart!
I can't wait for our future Christmas celebrations with Emma Claire. I can't wait to teach her about the birth of Jesus and what Christmas is really about. I hope to also teach her that it is more enjoyable to give to others than receive!
6 comments:
Great post. Emma Claire was a really good girl this year. I love the books. I think I'm gonna do one for Keira. I use to scrapbook a lot but it's just getting to hard so these books might be a good alternative. Who do you use? I loved my What to expect the 1st year. I found it very helpful
I love the month by month book idea, such a great way to document the first year!
And Emma Claire's Birth book turned out wonderful! I love it!
Wow! Emma Claire for sure racked up this year! I love the photo book idea!! So so sweet! :)
Those books are the most absolute perfect gift ever!! I love them and they aren't even for me. YOU are such a great mommy!
Omg!!! I loove the shufferly book idea!!! I need to get organized and do that!! So glad to see y'all had a merry christmas!! I feel like I'm so behind on blogging... When will I find the time!? Ahhh... Maybe after the new year?! Lol :)
That book is amazing!!! I did one like that for Justin on our 10th anniversary...all pics of ME!!!! Haha!
Really, so beautiful. I love that you wrote a letter to her in it. Can't wait to see month 2! Great idea.
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