We all got new pajamas. Not store bought. Homemade. Impressive.  

Grandma Smith  

Hailey and Lexi sporting their new pajamas  

Javid too 

Papa John lost his favorite spatula earlier in the year. I bet you can't guess what we got him for Christmas. 

PS: We had to get him a new spatula...this man makes a mean cheese omelet with his precious spatulas.  

Hailey made me this super cute watch 

Lexi's princess ensemble was completed when we gave her gloves, jewlery, and a purse to match. 

We couldn't locate the tiara though. 

This is a serious puzzle family. 

Then, we spent Christmas Even and Christmas day at the Harrison household. Did I mention how lucky we are to be able to do both? 

D. and I sporting our matching pajamas (gifted to us by Brandon)

As per tradition: the Harrison family puts on some sort of a skit on Christmas Eve. This year we were lucky enough to see the synchronized swimming performance of these six talented children.  

Morgan gets a little nervous to run errands in the neighborhood at night. (not like I'm one to judge...I get nervous crossing the hall to go to the bathroom during the night time hours)

This is what D-money sported to accompany her.  

Playing Creationary 

Morgan and Haylee always land the most stunning porcelain dolls. 

How do they get so lucky?

And apparently Syd lands the most glamorous of stuffed cats.  

She's obviously excited. 

Josh posing with his present he made for the parentals  

Dad and his recycled shirt.  

I think he secretly sports it and claims Pippin as his own. 

So, seriously. Not only were we overly spoiled with gifts, but we were so, so blessed to get to be with family. At the risk of sounding cliche, I guess that's what Christmas is all about. Whoa, cheesy. But true. 

We told our extended family about Lady A. over Thanksgiving break. Thanksgiving Day was spent with the Ackerman's. Grandma Patty broke the news to the extended family by initiating the blessing count off with expressing her gratitude for her new grand daughter. Sadly, I didn't get any documentation. It really was precious.

Then we waited in line at Wal*Mart in the middle of the night for our new Canon camera. We got it. And we got a good deal. Luckily for Dustin. At least he came out of that night with something other than an extremely grumpy, tired, pregnant wife.

We are lucky enough to be from the same area in Idaho. So, we are able to spend at least a portion of each holiday with both families. We headed to P-town to celebrate a belated Thanksgiving with my family. While there, we were able to see both of my grandmas as well. We took this opportunity to break the news to them as well.

We enlisted the help of our new camera.

It went something like this: "Grandma, let me try our new camera on you. On the count of three say: Alyssa's pregnant! One...Two..." And then it would register just as the camera started clicking. Awesome.

See the evidence below.

Are these pictures priceless or what?