Merry Christmas!!!

It's finally here! Dylan had the hardest time falling asleep last night. We were tracking Santa on Noradsanta.org, and every 10 minutes Dylan would yell from his bed, "Mom, where is he now?" I think it was about 11 when he finally fell asleep. When he woke up, he came into our room and he was so excited! We got up & Maddie had no idea what was going on, until she walked into the living room & saw all the gifts that Santa left!

What my house looked like before the kids woke up...





Maddie just woke up & noticed her stocking...


The kids opening their stockings...




Dylan showing off the $10 the Tooth Fairy left, which he almost forgot about because he was Santa-crazed.





Funniest Christmas morning picture ever! We tried to make her stop playing with her new kitchen for 2 minutes to take a picture with her brother, and this is what happened...




Maddie digging into her Santa bag, getting more gifts...







Dylan's favorite gift of the year!


The aftermath...




Off to Grandma's!











We had a beautiful Christmas, and hope everyone else did, too!

Christmas Eve!

I made appetizers, bought some wine & champagne, and had the best day ever!

Dominic came over & brought Maddie a Minnie Mouse! She loved it!



Our beautiful tree before Santa came...


Maddie showing off...


The kids opening up & playing with their gifts from Uncle Corey & Aunt Debbie...





Of course we left cookies & milk for Santa and Dylan sprinkled Reindeer food on the lawn...


Dylan lost another tooth today! Not only is Santa coming to our house tonight, but we get a visit from the Tooth Fairy, too!


Maddie playing with Uncle Corey...



It was a great night spent with people we love!

The Final Touches...

Wrapping presents is one of my favorite Christmas things to do. I set up my little wrapping station & turn on a good Christmas movie, and spend the night wrapping, curling ribbon, and perfectly placing all the pretty packages under the tree.

Candy Cane Lane

You guessed it...another tradition. What can I say...I love Christmas!

Candy Cane Lane is a cute little neighborhood in Woodland Hills where nearly every single house decorates their houses & yards for Christmas, and people turn their headlights off & drive up & down the streets & admire all the hard work.

People even sang Christmas songs & had Hot Cocoa stands!








One of my favorites!




USC Fans...


God Bless the troops...

Disneyland...Christmas Magic?!

Another annual McCarthy Christmas tradition...Disneyland. The kids are, once again, in cute Christmas outfits. I was so excited.

The place was packed. We got there after 1pm, and by 6, we were walking back to the tram to go to our car. We managed to get these cute shots before we all were ready to go.

Awesome reindeer...maybe Blitzen?



Maddie is obsessed with all things Mickey right now...and that includes Pluto! She wasn't afraid of him at all. She just walked right up to him, touched his face & gave him a big hug!

Baking Beauties 2010!

If there was ONE event I was truly looking forward to this year, it was the annual Baking Beauties celebration! A group of lovely ladies get together at Mrs.Beauchamp's house, and the next few hours are full of drinking, baking, eating, gossiping, and more drinking. What's not to love?!



Quite the spread, Mrs.B!


The debauchery begins!





It was a lovely day as always, ladies!

Santa!

We went to the mall today to see Santa, and of course so I could buy myself that red cashmere sweater that I fell in love with.

I may be a biased mom, but I think this is just about the cutest Santa picture ever taken!



xoxo