Akin Christmas

Callie and Cade got a new horse.

Banks is telling stories about his Grandpa Froggie

I'm not sure what I'm going to do when they have a child of their own... they are so much help at times like this!

Callie helped Meemaw unwrap her gift

If you can't tell by now, these kids are incredibly loved and incredibly spoiled! We had a great Christmas!

Beautiful Faces On Christmas Morning

Santa came to visit us!

I took as many pictures of Shane's beard as possible so he could see how terrible it looks. He was trying to win a bet.

Krug Christmas

The kids of course enjoyed some baby Allison time.

Bryson and Callie helped Cade sprinkle his reindeer food on the deck.

Cousins are the absolute best!

Callie loved her new backpack.

My mom got Cade some tumbling mats and he knew immediatelty what they were. He was flipping on them while they were still in the package.

Cade did so well opening gifts this year.

Love the Christmas PJs

Amy had these quilts made for us from Rachel's clothes.

Travis gave all the boys these flags that he flew on a combat mission over Iraq on the last day of operation Iraqi Freedom.

My Little Lambs

The kids were sheep in the Christmas Pageant at the Christmas Eve Mass this year. They were so cute!

Emily decided early on that this wouldn't be happening.

Cade crawled so fast that I missed him in the picture! He crawled halfway down and stood up and ran. Wasn't Nate a cute shepard?

Callie tried to squeeze between Mary and Jesus. She wanted to see that baby!

We let Cade go up for the group pic and put Nate in charge of him.

Poor Nate has known Cade a long time and he knew he needed to hang on to him. But Cade got so excited and knocked them both over and Nate's staff slammed loudly to the ground. We grabbed Cade immediatley before anyone could get hurt.

Meemaw and Pawpaw came to watch too.

Akin Christmas

Callie loves Uncle Bwane and Aunt Menan

You can't imagine the stories being told here...

Granny and her baby Blaine being a great husband and taking care of Meghan in the white elephant.

Cade just likes hanging out in the boxes...

And everyone say "cheese"

Meeting Baby Allison

I was so honored to finally get to be a part of one of Amy's deliveries. Michael was far away in the UAE but we were able to skype with him throughout the labor and delivery. My mom and I were her coaches (I'm sure she probably would have preferred more sympathetic people.) It worked out perfectly that Amy delivered at my hospital. It was so fun for me because I got to choose her nurses, her doctor, her room and everyone treated her extra special. I got to be much more hands on with the whole experience than I would have been at any other hospital. Haha Michael, you can't keep me out of the delivery room this time!

My newest niece! Isn't she cute? You can tell how much she already loves me!

I got to give the first bath!

Callie was THRILLED that Allison was finally out of Amy's tummy and that she got to come up to mommy's work and "work with the babies."

Another baby for big momma to take care of

Callie congratulated Emily on becoming a big sister