Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Cronk family!

We had a whirlwind holiday week.  I was working every day except for Christmas day and it turned out to be a very busy week!  The kids were SO excited for Christmas this year, they could barely contain themselves!  Our Elf headed back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve to make his final report to Santa, and all 3 kids got on the nice list this year.

My cutie baby elf!

(What an adorable outfit from Dr. Judy!)

Christmas Eve in reindeer jammies!  Ready for Santa!

Putting out cookies and milk for Santa!

 Waiting patiently to come down the stairs on Christmas morning!

 Stockings stuffed with goodies.

 And a tree overflowing with blessings.

 The kids got to open the gifts and treats in their stockings first.

 Excited to find some new movies!

 Trevor's stocking is almost as big as he is.

 All this excitement is too much for Trevor...back to sleep!

 Then dressed in the holiday outfits Mommy picked out...

Trevor and Austin match!  Their plaid shirts are a little different, but they have matching cream colored sweater vests and khaki pants - how cute!

Snuggly sleepy baby.

Austin and Sarah were little present opening tornadoes - but they were really quite patient at first, waiting to open gifts until around 11am after we had a big breakfast of belgian waffles and scrambled eggs and Nanny and Grandpa came over.

Austin was quite entertained by the jumping, singing, barking Christmas puppy!  Cute!

Sarah had fun with her new camera!

Lots of princesses for my princess!

And more of Trevor being sleepy and snuggly...

Auntie Michelle and Uncle Brian gave Sarah a kid's Bible and she LOVES it!  She wanted to read it right away and we have had more than one tantrum since then when she has to put it down to do something else (eat, nap, get dressed, etc.).

Some smiles with Grandpa!

We all then headed over to Nanny and Grandpa's house for lunch, then playtime, then family gathering time for a delicious Christmas dinner!

Game time with Uncle Brian!  Guess Who!

My cutie reindeer!

Austin was very excited to receive a new Notre Dame jersey with #5 on it for Manti Teo and Everett Golson.  He and Sarah like to "play football" and they get their jerseys on and tackle each other.

Trevor got a Santa suit from Nanny, so he got a wardrobe change before dinner.

Cutest Santa I've seen in a long time!

Grandma Dot, the Murphys, and Auntie Trish joined us for dinner.  The big kids had fun playing together.

Uncle Brian teaching Austin how to play his new guitar.

Trevor LOVES this toy from Auntie Trish!  He played with it for a long time (much longer than I usually see his 4 month old baby attention span last).

Smiley baby!  Depsite the chaos of the day, Trevor was such a happy boy!

We're still recovering from the crazy busy week and trying to sort through all the wonderful new gifts!  We are so blessed to spend Christmas with family!  Now on to the new year....