the secret life of an american wife and mom: Christmas 2010

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Christmas 2010

starting the celebrations with matching Christmas pajamas

lots of hugs went around


jacob thought he would try out his new drill on rachel's face

Christmas morning--time to check out what's in the stockings

and now for the finale! one last Christmas present!

it was a wonderful Christmas for us all!!

27 comments:

Alleluiabelle said...: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I am so happy for you and what a wild video. That was priceless to watch your children open up one last gift...and what a precious gift it is.

What a joy to see you and your beautiful family here again. Have missed you dear friend.

Peace & Prayers,
Alleluiabelle; January 4, 2011 at 11:17 PM
Nel said...: First of all it is so good to see you back. I have missed you and your family! Your little guy is getting so big. And...
CONGRATULATIONS. I love the video, love the way you told the kids, that is so cool! My thoughts and prayers are with you!
Welcome Back!
until next time... nel; January 5, 2011 at 1:52 AM
SusanD said...: Congratulations on having your sixth child. May 25th? Maybe you'll deliver early on my birthday, the 13th. lol. Your children's comments cracked me up. Do we have enough $$$ for this? ahahaha. Thanks for sharing. Blessings, SusanD; January 5, 2011 at 7:40 AM
-stephanie- said...: AWESOME NEWS! Congratulations.

Love the reactions of all your kids.
Love all their questions. Love your laughing through all of this.; January 5, 2011 at 7:43 AM
Darcie said...: Congratulations!!!! I am so happy for you and your precious family. This will be one Christmas that they will not soon forget. Congrats!!!; January 5, 2011 at 8:53 AM
Jess said...: That video was hilarious!!! I loved all of their expressions and then to see how their thought process kept changing as it all set in was so funny! You are a blessed woman! And for the record 44 is NOT old:); January 5, 2011 at 10:37 AM
Mich said...: Congrats.

Beautiful family; January 5, 2011 at 11:31 AM
Kristin said...: I saw that someone let it slip on FB the other day in your comments, but I didn't want to ask until you announced it! Yay!!! I LOVE the way you told them all. That was priceless! I'm surprised you could wait to tell them! That was awesome! A very special gift indeed! I am so happy for you!

I've missed you so much! I can't believe how big Jacob has gotten! Thank you so much for your sweet comment on my blog earlier too. Love ya!; January 5, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Andrea said...: Congratulations!! I was just thinking about you the other day and how much I missed you. It has been a crazy year for me, too. I have not been around to all my blog friends as much as I would like. I ushered in this year with some sort of respiratory bug and Doug and I are still fighting it off. Hope you guys have an awesome New Year.
Blessings, hugs, and prayers,
andrea; January 5, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Jennifer W. said...: The video is awesome!! Congratulations again! It's wonderful to have you back in blogland...I've been gone way too long myself.
Jen; January 5, 2011 at 1:10 PM
Anonymous said...: If I couldn't be there when you told them this is the next best thing I love it.....love you, Mom; January 5, 2011 at 2:03 PM
Connie Witter said...: Loved this video! Priceless :); January 5, 2011 at 2:52 PM
Bre said...: Congratulations Christy!!! The video was hilarious!! I was just thinking I need to scan in some old pictures of when Josiah was just a baby and you still lived here :); January 5, 2011 at 3:47 PM
RCUBEs said...: Congratulations sister Christy! Oh what a beautiful surprise and to hear you all laughing!!! Priceless!

We have missed you so much and just happy that you're back and oh my goodness! With a surprise! LOL. Take care of yourself and God bless you and your beautiful family!; January 5, 2011 at 5:19 PM
Adeye said...: Oh my word, friend, I am sooooooo excited to see you back here.

Wooohooooooo....babies are WONDERFUL! I loved the video. So precious and amazing.

Rejoicing with you for this most wonderful GIFT the Father has given you!!!!!; January 5, 2011 at 6:29 PM
Mary Jo said...: Love your video! I had a smile on my face the whole time I watched it. Loved listening to all the laughter and all the questions. So excited for all of you!; January 5, 2011 at 7:26 PM
RCUBEs said...: You don't need to ask :) Always keeping you in prayers even when you were away! God bless.; January 5, 2011 at 9:16 PM
RaD said...: My your little one has gotten so big since your bloggy break.

Congratulations!!!; January 5, 2011 at 9:37 PM
Cheesemakin' Mamma said...: Great to see you in Blogland again. You've been missed! Looks like you all had a wonderful Christmas :); January 5, 2011 at 11:12 PM
He & Me + 3 said...: Omgosh Christy! congrats! What a cool video! Your kids and family are so great! Everyone is so excited. What a cool way to announce your pregnancy.
Love it! That baby is going to be so loved!
Congrats my friend!
Hugs,
Mimi; January 6, 2011 at 4:26 PM
cori said...: congratulations! this video made me laugh. i loved it! your kids are hilarious!; January 6, 2011 at 11:38 PM
Beth E. said...: Congratulations! What a wonderful gift for Christmas. :-)

I loved the video! Best comment of all..."Can we afford this?" Also funny..."Do you realize you'll have six kids?" Hahaha...hilarious!

I'm so very happy for you.

((Hugs)); January 10, 2011 at 9:49 PM
Beth in NC said...: So you really ARE pregnant! Congratulations!!!!! So excited for you!!!; January 13, 2011 at 8:15 PM
Bridget said...: Love this video!!; January 18, 2011 at 5:00 PM
heidi said...: YAY! Congrats, Christy - that is awesome! I love their reactions. :-); January 19, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Deborah Ann said...: Aw, congratulations Christy! What a beautiful Christmas present for you and your family...; January 25, 2011 at 3:36 PM
Lisa said...: that was a great video! Your kids are great. :) having another one just seems natural for you all!!; January 27, 2011 at 4:06 PM

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