Christmas in Dunn and Wake Forest

This year we were able to celebrate Christmas with both sides of our family. The weekend before Chirstmas Day Gram and Grandaddy (Lauren's parents) visited Wake Forest. Riley really enjoyed the tissue paper that Gram used to wrap her gifts =) She also enjoyed Gram's choice of books which included one of my (Lauren) favorites "Pat the Bunny" Riley loved looking at the pages as Grandaddy read the book to her. We enjoyed the day together at the house talking, opening gifts, playing with Riley and eating good food! Gram finished the night with a big pot of delicious Chicken and Dumplings!

On the day of Christmas Eve Bruce and I decided that we just could not wait any longer to give the gifts that we had bought for one another and decided that we should go ahead and exchange =) After a good breakfast and opening gifts we sat down and talked about the blessings God has given us through the year and our discussion centered around one blessing in particular, Riley Noelle! God has given us a sweet and precious baby girl and we love living life with her!

On Christmas Eve we traveled to Dunn to spend the night with Bibi and Papa (Bruce's parents). They greeted us with many hugs and wonderful smelling kitchen. We have no idea how long Bibi spent cooking but we enjoyed wonderful food that night and the next day. My (Lauren) favorites were the cranberry/orange muffins and baked Mac and Cheese! We also enjoyed time with Aunt Elizabeth, Aunt Kristen, Uncle Peter, and Laurel.

A happy family...

Laurel was trying to help Riley with her crazy hair that always seems to be sticking up. Thank you Laurel for looking out for your baby cousin =)

Elizabeth surprised Bruce with a signed copy of Roy Williams book!

Love those eyes!

Bibi, Papa and Riley

A very happy Bibi

Grandaddy and Gram giving Riley her new blanket!

Riley holding on to the card from her Uncle Preston while wishing someone would sew the area where her toes are sticking out