Christmas Day

C was awake, and very anxious, just before 4 AM!  We let him go downstairs to see if Santa ate the cookies and to take a quick look, but then he had to go back to sleep.  Everyone got up around 6 AM when Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Jimmy arrived to share in the Christmas morning fun.  I usually try to get pictures of the kids walking down the stairs on Christmas morning, but I was changing K's diaper when everyone went down.  I should have had them wait or recreate the moment!!!

I love the excitement of Christmas morning.  It's so much fun to see how excited the kids get.

The favorite gifts this year are:

C and R each got a Nintendo DSi; C got black and R got pink.

T got an ipod Touch and Xbox Live.  He is very happy!

K got this Bright Starts Around We Go toy.  She should be ready to try it out in a few weeks!

After opening gifts, we got the house and ourselves ready for family and friends.  We had a pretty big group of people and everything went well.  I am very thankful for all of the help - Grandma spent a lot of time helping us prepare for this day (she did most of the cooking) and everyone brought food.  All four kids were very well behaved and had a wonderful day!

L was born three days before K.  I think they are third cousins - the dads are first cousins, so that makes the babies third cousins, right?  Whatever, they are cousins.  

I love this picture of all four kids with their great grandparents.

It was a wonderful Christmas!