We went to St. Louis the weekend of Dec 18th and 19th to kick off the week of Christmas celebrations. On the 18th we went to Jeff's Aunts house to celebrate with his dad's side of the family. Owen was kind of crabby at first. We had drove to St. Louis that morning and he fell asleep for the last half hour of the drive, and when we got to my parents house he would not go back to sleep. He was happy as could be to get out of the car and was bouncing around. I was really wanting him to go back to sleep because I knew it would be a late night and I did not want him to be crabby. He was fussy though dinner, but once we started opening presents his attitude changed. Once he realized that there were toys in the packages, he was trying to open every present he could get his hands on, even if it was not his! After opening presents he got a second wind, and was running around like crazy with his cousins Elizabeth, Addison and Riley. They were dancing in Mady's room to Justin Beiber music and acting like total crazy monkeys! When Owen brought his light up turtle in the room they decided to turn off the lights and dance under the stars. At this point I was just waiting for the meltdown. He was happy until about 9:30, and he had a total meltdown, so we headed back to my parents house for bed. He was asleep in the car in about 2 minutes! His favorite toys he got were his magnadoodle and his turtle that shines stars on the ceiling.
One out of 5 kids crying is not such bad odds!
"Let me show you how this works Riley."
A Christmas with the Barteau's just would not be complete without Addison taking my camera and taking pictures of everyone. I have to admit that over the last 3 years her photography skills have improved greatly! Some of these pictures would even be pretty good if they were cropped!
OOPS...cut off Grandpa and Xavie's heads!
And then Riley took over the camera....
Addison striking a pose!
OOPS...zoomed in a bit to much!
On Sunday morning I took Owen over to see Jeff's Aunt Sue while Jeff was at the Rams football game. He had fun playing with Elizabeth and Riley again and seeing all their new toys. Sunday afternoon we celebrated Christmas with my parents and brothers. Owen had fun playing with Uncle Matt, Kev and Ky. Owen's favorite gift was his bounce house from Gramps and Mimi. He kept asking to open it, but we were not going to open that until we got home!
Monday we traveled back to Kansas City in the afternoon
"Let me show you how this works Riley."
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