Christmas 2011 at the Kamm's

These are about a month late, but I wanted to share what Christmas was like at the Kamm household this year.  Santa was very good to Harleigh and her brother.  Harleigh loved opening gifts and would open her mouth and suck in a huge gulp of air each time she opened a gift!  It was awesome!

Our lopsided Christmas tree, I guess you get what you pay for

Stocking time

Mr. Claus delivering gifts

Someone loves Mommy's memory foam bath mat

Bubbles!!

Santa went all out this year!

Harleigh finding her kitchen by using her clues

Gigi and Papa came over to check out the gifts and accessorize H's hair

Someone loves puzzles!!

We hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!  We hope to see you in 2012!

Bradbury Family Christmas

Christmas Eve was spent at Gigi and Papa's house.  My mom made ham (my fave) , then the kids opened their gifts, and finally my favorite holiday tradition the annual Christmas present hunt.  We've been doing this for years and it's something Zak and I have added to our Kamm traditions.  You hide the gift, and give 5 clues leading to the gift.  Whoever is stuck with my dad writing the clues, just give up, you probably won't find your gift until next Christmas!  Below are pictures of Harleigh and Landon opening their gifts- I didn't do a good job of getting anyone else in the pictures of opening their gifts.  Christmas is for the kids, right?

Dinner time

I don't think Landon could smile any bigger or  his eyes would pop into his head

Har and Gigi- mom  you should print and frame

opening gifts

more opening

I still have lots more pictures from the holidays I'll be updating.  Stay tuned!

Landon is a Brave Boy!

I only have pictures of Landon sitting on Santa's lap this year since Harleigh was too scared to even get an arms length away.  Landon was hilarious, he was a little nervous about old Saint Nick and didn't move his head- only his eyes!  We had to move in order to get a shot straight on. We hope you enjoy the pictures below:

Merry Christmas 2011

I'm a few days late, but we want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. It's taken some time to download the pictures from all the Christmas events and I was hoping to upload the video from her Christmas program (however it's too large). Below are pictures of Harleigh in her theatrical debut at school. She was one of 5 kids that didn't cry and run off stage so I count that as a "win". If she's anything like her daddy, she'll become a lover of the stage and attention! :) Merry Christmas, enjoy!

White Christmas 2010

Christmas this year was extra special for us.  We woke up on Christmas morning around 6:45am (thanks, Harleigh), Zak read the Christmas story in the bible, and we went downstairs to open gifts.  Santa must have forgotten how little Harleigh has been sleeping through the night, because she was SPOILED with gifts! ;)  She didn't really understand the whole concept of ripping the wrapping paper, as she would use her little pointer finger and play with the tiniest piece of paper!  It was so cute and funny!  She loved her clothes, mittens, and socks!  She loves to give any clothing a hug!  She also loves her new remote and mom and dad can't wait for her to use her new paci's and sound machine at night!!  We were also surprised to see snow on Christmas night, first time this has happened in Charlotte in 47 years!  We look forward to celebrating many more Christmas' with our family!

Christmas Traditions at the Kamm's

We are absolutely loving the Christmas season and have enjoyed spending it with our little Princess.  A few traditions we have started since founding Zak and Heidi Kamm Oct 2007 are:
1. Christmas Vacation- we watch this movie with Chevy Chase (sometimes more then once) before Christmas Day, typically on Christmas Eve.  It really is an activity we both enjoy, until Z starts to say all of the lines before the actors do.
2. Christmas Eve Service- we love to get dressed up and attend Christmas Eve service (even if it's a day or two before Christmas).  It reminds us what Christmas is truely about.
3. One gift before Christmas Day! This is my favorite! We open one gift the night before Christmas.  Since Santa hasn't come yet, it's typically a gift from family.
4. Hiding one gift- This is something the Bradbury's have always done, and is so much fun.  The "big" gift is hidden, and after all the gifts under the tree are opened there are clues for each family member.  There are usually 5 which lead to the "big" gift.  It's a great way to spend time together as a family...unless Papa Bradbury wrote the clues and you probably won't find your gift until later that evening!
5. Reading the Bible- we read the 'Christmas' the morning of Christmas before opening any gifts. 

Please share any traditions you or loved ones do over the holidays!

Sitting on Santa's lap

This past week we went to EathFare to meet Santa and take a picture on his lap.  Harster got a little sad when we first put her on his lap because she thought mommy and daddy were going to leave her.  We also got to see Margaret.  So how old is too old to sit on Santa's lap? 

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

For some reason this year, Christmas music couldn't come on soon enough.  A few things I'm excited about this holiday season:

- Holiday Cooking with my Food Network expert, Ginger
- Dressing Harleigh up in her many festive Christmas outfits, completed with accessories, of course!
- Pictures of our family of 3 in front of our Christmas tree
- Picture on Santa's lap (oh, and I guess one with Harleigh on Santa's lap too! haha)
- Visit from Mimi and Bibi
- Seeing the Christmas decorations timed with music in the area (I know of 2 homes that do that- and they're much closer than McAdenville)
- Christmas Exchange with the Book Club gals
- GIFTS- for those that know me, this is my love language! (hint, hint Zak! ;))
- Christmas Crawl with the Carlisle's, Locke's, Zoe, and Bradbury's
- Christmas Exchange with the Bradbury family

Hopefully this puts everyone in the Christmas spirit!