first christmas

being that annabel was just born in september, this year was her official first christmas. technically she was in existence in 2008 but i'm gonna go out on a limb and say that she probably doesn't remember much from then (not that she'll remember this one much more but at least she's in the photos). christmas this year was a robison one, meaning that we went to texas and spent the holiday with grandma lulu and poppy and annabel's aunts erin, shannon and colleen and uncle kevin. and as a special treat, her grant mary braved the christmas storm of 09 to come down from kansas city (as my aunt she is annabel's great-aunt; it was just easier to go with "grant"; but i don't think that "gruncle" steve is going to stick as well...). so all of us were together for most of the week and we had tons of fun cooking, baking, eating, playing wii, shopping, napping, opening presents, watching movies, and playing with the baby. as was to be expected, we spent a lot of time searching for our baby since she somehow ended up in a different aunt or grandparent's arms every time we turned around. they all really got a kick out of her and got to spend some nice quality time together.
christmas morning was pretty typical for the robisons. we woke up late, came downstairs and stood around waiting for the last person to wander down (aunt erin i do believe), and then meandered into the front room to see what santa had delivered in the wee hours of the night. and boy did he deliver. there was plenty of stuff for everyone to go around. we took turns pulling all of our loot out of the stockings (and overflow bags) and showing it off. and there was even a tiny little stocking for annabel - of course piled with the most stuff. she got some clothes, toys, ornaments, blankets and the cutest little baby crocs that you've ever seen. cheryl and i got our fair share of goodies as well. clothes, ornaments, blankets (no toys or crocs...) and all sorts of other fun things. once we had gone through our stockings we started the line over and opened gifts that we bought for each other. christmas is fun because we get all sorts of fun things, but even more so because we get to see the joy in our family members when they open up their presents. its a fun time all around. the rest of the day was filled with lounging around and eating. wow. what more could we ask for.
christmas is a wonderful time every year. it was a little more special for us this time around since it was our first with our new little baby. we got all sorts of cool stuff but nothing could top the best gift that we could ever ask for...the joy and privilege of being annabel's parents. :)