Christmas

Well, we made a HUGE Christmas mistake!!!! We thought we were being smart. At Chloe and Logan's first Christmas we bought them tons of gifts, yet their favorite part was the box or paper. So this year we wrapped a bunch of empty boxes for Baby's first Christmas. I really just needed the boxes for pictures. We figured she would love playing with the boxes or chew on some paper. OH HOW WE WERE WRONG!!!!! The gifts that she got from my parents and grandparents brought absolute delight to Baby's face! Each time she opened a gift (and she did tear through the paper) she would light up and squeal with excitement at the toy or clothes inside the package. At first we thought it would just be one or two then she would lose interest. Nope. She reacted the same to every gift! We took the toys out of the packaging and she would play with the toys. She played with hers and rolled over to Logan or Chloe's and played with theirs too. We were laughing so hard that we completely forgot to get a video of her excitement. But I did get pics!

The kids had a great Christmas and got more than they could have asked for! We spent Christmas Eve day with my Mom then went to the Candlelight Service at Church. We were 100 people short of reaching the building capacity. So many extra chairs were brought out that we eventually had to bring out the plastic school chairs.

Christmas morning was low-key and amazing. A friend of ours came over, since he doesn't have any family around here. We opened presents and made a huge breakfast. The kids played forever with their new stuff, and their siblings stuff :) Later that day we went to the grandparents for dinner then out to Jeremy's parents for the night.

All-in-all, it has been a great Christmas season but I am glad to be done :) Now, on to planning 2010~~~~~~