Saturday, January 5, 2013

Christmas Day

I love Christmas morning.  As a parent, it is so fun watching the excitement of my kids faces as they see their gifts from Santa.  I love the expressions, the squeals and the surprise at what they find.  I really hope they continue to hear the bells for at least a couple of more years, I don't want the magic of believing to leave our home anytime soon.  
It never fails, we were up at the crack of dawn, I love the decent down the stairs and all the anticipation.  They had to pause a minute so Rebecca could take some meds.  Poor girl woke up with a fever.  
Everyone checking out their presents.  These are some happy kids for sure!  Santa brought them stuff to redo their beds and decorations for their rooms along with a few toys.  Zachary asked Santa for clothes, and he was pretty happy with what he saw.  

We had a very long day ahead of us, first stop Aunt Susan's house for a very delicious lunch and some family time.  
Grandma and her girls.  They sure love my Mom, she takes such good care of them anytime I need help!
Maile has the most infectious smile.  It will be a sad day when she starts losing teeth!
My poor baby didn't feel good at all.  She just relaxed and saved all her energy for present opening.
After such a wonderful lunch, it was off to my Dad's for dinner.  It was nice, besides Natalie being woken up from a little nap and going crazy for about 15 minutes.  That was not so fun but I just realized that she had had enough Christmas.  She had a limit and being woken up was it. Fortunately for us,  she decided to be good after that little outburst and we got to enjoy a turkey dinner and a nice relaxing evening. 

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