Christmas in North Carolina

Well, we finally made it to North Carolina, just a mere two days after we were originally scheduled to do so. The kids did great on the plane - Lucas watched his Cars movie for the majority of the flight, and Shea took a good nap and made friends with everyone around her when she wasn't sleeping. The best news was, in order to get us all sitting together on our new flight, they HAD to put us in first class. Sad, I know. (Spoiled kids...it was Shea's first flight!)

A couple hours after we arrived and settled in, we had our Bressler family Christmas. It's always fun to open presents with my mom, dad, and sister...even if it is two days after Christmas. I got a sweatsuit and a gorgeous new watch, Phil got Aggies gear (just in time for the Cotton Bowl!) and a Blu Ray player (what? I have to learn new technology?). Lucas got...surprise...Cars stuff and a new lamp that he is obsessed with. And Shea got books and clothes and toys galore. (Isn't it fun to be the baby!)

Here are some pics from the gift exchange and some other fun candids from the trip:



Lucas was so excited!  He got a battleship, train, tugboat, and spy plane from Cars 2!



Be jealous of my wrapping job...no time to do cute wrapping on shipped packages :)



The boys still trying to get those toys out of the box.



Who needs toys when Mimi has this tray for me to play with.



It's cold after bath at Mimi and Papa's!



Shea crawled under this table and got stuck several times.



Playing with Papa.



And Mimi!



Candyland! Game 1 of 3 million on the trip.