What a great Christmas!
The morning started with Paxton coming into our room to tell us that Santa wasn't there. He didn't come. I was too tired to figure out why he would say that but Ryan figured it out pretty quickly.
Something that I hadn't thought about when we were telling Paxton that Santa Claus was coming is that he didn't realize he wouldn't be there when he woke up. Ryan sent him back out to check under the tree to see if presents were there. At this point Paxton came running in to tell us he had presents and that Santa must have come and then left.
Am I the only one who didn't think of that?
Paxton cherished every gift. We had to pull him away from every single present to get him to open another one. He got over this when we got to Grandma's house, but it was really sweet to watch him immediately begin playing with everything.
Santa was good to us this year. 
Paxton got a camera in his stocking to start off. He was so stoked! He always steals my camera so I thought this would be a good idea. I got him a cheap one though so after explaining to him that he only had so many pictures to take, I swear he said "mommy, smile" and instead of taking the picture he said "click" I am still not sure how I feel about that one.
Gauge got pretty into the opening of the presents. That's all he wanted to do, he was pretty good at it.
Paxton got some dress up items. He can now officially be a police officer, a cowboy, a train conductor and a fire man. So can Gauge-
Paxton cherished every gift. We had to pull him away from every single present to get him to open another one. He got over this when we got to Grandma's house, but it was really sweet to watch him immediately begin playing with everything.Santa was good to us this year. Paxton got a camera in his stocking to start off. He was so stoked! He always steals my camera so I thought this would be a good idea. I got him a cheap one though so after explaining to him that he only had so many pictures to take, I swear he said "mommy, smile" and instead of taking the picture he said "click" I am still not sure how I feel about that one.Gauge got pretty into the opening of the presents. That's all he wanted to do, he was pretty good at it.Paxton got some dress up items. He can now officially be a police officer, a cowboy, a train conductor and a fire man. So can Gauge-If you'll notice above, Santa got Paxton his princess phone. He hasn't used it once. After he got his fire man suit on and opened the princess phone he just kind of looked at it like, what the?! He does still call me Princess Mommy though, which I love!
Here Paxton is giving Daddy his gift. He was so excited, he kept calling it a spotlight, but its a craftsman hat. There is a light on the bill of the hat that lights up whatever your looking at when your working on something. He loved it so much I had to get it. Paxton was really happy to give it to him! You should see it on him though...I left that dorky picture out of the blog on purpose! Its pretty nerdy! Daddy wore it for him anyway and kept the light on which made Paxton really happy. 
Here Paxton is giving Daddy his gift. He was so excited, he kept calling it a spotlight, but its a craftsman hat. There is a light on the bill of the hat that lights up whatever your looking at when your working on something. He loved it so much I had to get it. Paxton was really happy to give it to him! You should see it on him though...I left that dorky picture out of the blog on purpose! Its pretty nerdy! Daddy wore it for him anyway and kept the light on which made Paxton really happy. Mommy got spoiled! Ryan really went out of his way for me this year!
Paxton thanking Daddy for his presents
Paxton thanking Daddy for his presents After our Christmas together I crashed on the couch. Ryan got the kids bathed and ready for Grandma's so that I could sleep. At my parents house we were spoiled again! My parents never cease to spoil us. We appreciate them so much!
Paxton and Katie showing Annie how big they are!
Paxton and Katie showing Annie how big they are! This was our first year really celebrating Christmas with Paxton and Gauge. Until now they hadn't understood what Christmas was about. Reading stories about Jesus and explaining to Paxton why we were celebrating Christmas turned out to be really special. It was also fun being up in the early morning putting the presents together and imaging how excited they would be. I was so filled with the Christmas spirit when we were putting the presents under the tree that I kept telling Ryan we needed to go outside and have "Santa" build Paxton a snowman--Ryan didn't say no but I don't think he was feeling "that" excited. It snowed that night and was a nice white Sunny day. It couldn't have been more perfect.
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too!
5 comments:
I'm so glad that you had a fabulous day! You weren't under my tree...Santa must not have received my letter..
It sounds like you had a fantastic christmas. There is nothing like kids being so excited...I remember that I couldn't hardly sleep...wait what am I talking about I still can't sleep there is too much anticipation. I am glad that you got spoiled...you deserve it.
Glad you guys had a Merry Christmas! It was really good to see your family -- we don't get together nearly enough, but I always enjoy it!
Little confused....did you get a drill for christmas or did Ryan??? Is that becuase you take the construction of your house on yourself???? I.E. knocking out walls while Ryan is away
Christmas looks like a lot more fun with kids, especially at your house. Hilarity about the princess phone confusion - maybe he can use it to call you, his princess mommy!
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