Christmas Eve, Christopher's B-day & Christmas Day

Christmas Eve was spent at Aunt Laura's celebrating Christopher's 16th birthday!  Whoa, can NOT believe he is 16 already.  How can that be!  The night was wonderful and with fabulous food and fun had by all.  Christmas morning, the kids had a blast opening all of their gifts and Grandma cooked a great Christmas breakfast.  Unfortunately I was plagued by a horrific eye infection and Erik had to bring me to the walk in clinic.  I was having horrible anxiety attacks because my eye was swollen shut and I couldn't see.  There were no pharmacies open for me to fill my eye drops and antibiotics.  Thank God my inlaws had a pharmacy open by them in Fishkill and my loving most wonderful father in law went and filled them for me! :)  We spent Christmas Day with all of us 10 Spiegels.  Morgan and Olivia looked so precious in their almost matching dresses. Merry Christmas to all my family and friends.  I hope you had special holiday season this year!

Olivia's Holiday Concert

Olivia's class put on a holiday concert at school as well.  She was so darn stinking cute right in the front.  Her cheeks got a little red when they first came in with all the parents staring back her. :)  I actually got some cute videos as well.

Scott's Christmas Concert

Scott's pre-school class put on a Christmas concert at school and sang some Christmas carols.  We can say "Christmas" concert since he goes to a Catholic preschool.  LOL  Unfortunately that was the day he ended up getting extremely sick with the stomach flu for 48 hours and I didn't know it at the time, but the signs were already showing.  He sat in the back row and hardly sang and looked a little glum, but they were still so darn cute!  They made the sweetest presents for the parents, a couple of ornaments and the cutest angel.

I didn't get many pictures since I was in the second row and had to take pics through other parents' heads!

Decorating Our Tree

This year was so much decorating the tree because BOTH Olivia and Scott were in the spirit and excited about decorating.  Because Erik's knee is still recovering, I had to pull all the decorations down from the attic. Thanks to Mom, she was there to help me out.  Erik set the tree up and Mom and I got the lights on.  Olivia and Scott had a blast pulling out all of the ornaments and listening to the story I would tell about each one. There were special ones from my first Christmas and then all of their first Christmas's and ornaments.  We have all of the ones that they have made in school and preschool over the years.  They decorated the tree and made it beautiful.  We are in the Christmas spirit now!

Olivia's 7th Birthday

My little princess is now 7.  She could hardly wait to get to 7 and here we are.  She has now lost 2 teeth which has been extremely exciting.  All of her friends have lost so many of their teeth and she has now joined that club. For her birthday she really wanted an American Girl Doll.  You know, she was the ONLY girl in her class who didn't have one, so of course she HAD to get one. She picked out the very one she wanted; blonde hair and blue eyes just like her.  The doll came from me and daddy and Bestema.  She loves, loves, loves the doll.  Olivia happened to be sick with strep throat the week after her birthday and because the doll was ordered online, she didn't get the doll until a week after her birthday so she was home sick the day her doll came and boy did that make her day.
For her birthday, we celebrated on her birthday with the neighborhood kids. They all came over for some games and cupcakes. Then over the weekend we had family over to celebrate again with a great dinner from Grandma and more cake and more presents.

Grandma, Olivia & Lindsey

Blowing out her candles

Grandma & Olivia

Olivia & Grandpa

Princess & Grandma

Olivia & Grandma

Tasting some cake

Singing Happy Birthday with some friends

Blowing out some more candles

7 cupcakes for a special 7 year old!

Singing Happy Birthday

As I have said before it breaks my heart that my babies are no longer babies and are growing up so fast, but it is the most precious gift to watch them grow up and see how smart and beautiful they are becoming.  Olivia really is such a wonderful little girl that I love with all of my heart!