Santa Came! The boys were so excited to come down and see the tree and all the presents under it. And they were doubly excited to see Kiki and Grandpa here as well! We kept it a secret that Micah's family was making the trip to spend Christmas morning with us, and so it was a nice surprise for them. Christmas is all about the birth of Jesus and celebrating that with family, and we were so happy to spend it with ours!
I was able to keep the boys upstairs with me until the family arrived and got their gifts under the tree. Micah made me breakfast in bed, and Devin stole one of my pancakes ;) It was so easy because I don't think Aiden even remembered it was Christmas until I went to change Devin after I heard Kiki and Grandpa arrive.
Once Grandpa set Devin down he ran to the first gift he saw and started opening it! We had to gently tell him not yet-since AJ and Dan hadn't arrived yet-not to mention the fact it wasn't even his gift ;)
We were able to buy some time with giving them their stockings.
And to buy even more time, we had them cut out their pancakes into Christmas shapes and eat them. Soon after that was all finished and cleaned up the Uncles had arrived and we were able to start the rest of the festivities.
Oh those antlers!
Devin had no problem opening his gifts once he was given the go ahead finally ;)
It was a wonderful Christmas for the boys, they loved everything they got :)
I think AJ was hoping for bigger tools...
It became the year of the watches!
I could have sworn I saw my name on that Rolex box... ;)
They got a calendar too.
Larry and Sandy had just finished turning their basement into a fun entertaining basement, so my parent's got them this cute sign :)
Too bad I couldn't whip out Micah's engagement gift...it was a watch too!
I'm overly excited to open a book I bought myself!
Micah got me a beautiful green amethyst necklace, and the earrings that match came a week later on our Anniversary on New Year's Eve.
Mmmmmm!
I think he was a little disappointed that it really wasn't wipes ;)
Aiden's gifts to us that he made in Preschool.
Fixing up some dinner for everyone...apparently its a rare occasion to see me cooking in the kitchen that we had to get a picture of it-haha!
Everyone wiped out-except of course Aiden who could just go go go.
Time to play!
Micah's family has the tradition of making a birthday cake for Jesus, and I'm so happy we are continuing it. Merry Christmas Everyone and Happy Birthday Jesus!
I'm Liz, a wife to my incredible husband Micah and mother to our wonderful and handsome sons Aiden and Devin. We want to share our comings and goings with family and friends. So thanks for coming along on this journey with us...enjoy!