Adventures of the Patrick family!: Merry Christmas 2009!

Finally some pictures from our Christmas! It was a different Christmas this year with the Tumlin family and my mom in the hospital but we stayed very busy! Unfortunately, I stayed at the hospital with my mom and missed the Patrick family Christmas and, therefore, did not get a chance to remind Ryan to take pictures....but I know the girls and Ryan had so much fun celebrating with everyone!

Here are some pictures from our Christmas Eve and Christmas celebrations (that I got pictures of...

Christmas Eve started off with a Mother-Daughter tea at our friend's, the Goodman's, house. We had a lot of fun with friends and Ali made some reindeer food to put out on our lawn. We went from there to a Happy Birthday Jesus party at our friend's, the Gilland's, house. There we heard the true Christmas story, did a little Christmas caroling, sang Happy Birthday and ate cupcakes to celebrate Jesus' birth! Both of the parties were so much fun. I went up to the hospital for a little bit before heading out to our Christmas Eve Children's service at our church. The girls were angels and were so precious. It is one of my favorite traditions on Christmas to get to be at church, sing Christmas carols, watch the girls dress up and celebrate our Savior's birth with friends and family! Below are some pictures of my angels.....

On Christmas Eve, Rhodes finally discovered all of the gifts under the tree...she decided she was Santa's helper and loved to take each and every one of them out from under the tree and hand them out or put them on the table. Such a cutie!

Santa came to see the Patrick girls!

Ali got a new baby that she named Drizella! (Where did she get that name, you ask? It is one of the mean step-sisters from the movie Cinderella!)

Rhodes also got a baby that cries and says "Mama" and she LOVES it. She walks around giving her hugs and holding her against her chest/cheek/neck.

I love when these sisters play together...

The girls in their new Anywhere chairs...with their babies

Ali also loves Rhodes' new car!

Ryan dancing in his new red coat! :)

We were excited to get to go to Grandmommy & Granddaddy's on the 26th to celebrate Christmas some more and exchange more presents. The girls loved it and had a blast spending the night that night with them!!

Ali with Drizella in one of her new outfits!

A whole week later, we had a very belated Christmas celebration with the Tumlin clan (missing Ty & Ashley who were in Hilton Head for Ashley's b-day). Since Mom was in the hospital over Christmas, things were definitely very different for our family this year, but it was such a neat treat to get to extend Christmas an entire week longer in the end. (on New Years Day!)