Merry Birthday, Jesus!

Have you been waiting with baited breath, wondering if our boys were on the nice list or the naughty list, and whether or not Santa came?

Guess what, he did!

He ate all the milk and cookies and left a card for the boys too!

On Christmas morning, a still sleepy CP eagerly came downstairs to see if Santa had left him any presents

After checking to see if Santa ate his snacks,

he looked to see if Santa had left him any toys.  Yeah, he did - a big Buzz Lightyear and a recycle truck!

He even got to open a few presents by himself before Bashy got up

This is Caden's "All I got are sheets?  Where's the toy?" face

When Asher got downstairs he had a good time playing with the elephant ball popper that Santa left him and doing what he does best - looking cute and eating

It was really fun to see the two of them interact and play together

Last year, Caden was a little overwhelmed by the present madness.  Not this year.  This year he loved opening all the presents.  In fact he opened every present under our tree, whether they were his or not!

This worked well because Asher wasn't really into the opening.  He just liked the paper, boxes, and bags after they were off the present.

Well, I guess CP liked the boxes too

The boys felt like they got some pretty cool stuff...

Mid-morning-ish, Papa, Gaga, Nana, and Grandpa came over to enjoy our white Christmas

I guess the rest of us were good too!

This is my "I'm going to the spa!" face

We spent the day opening (more!) presents,

playing,

putting stuff together,

eating, and drinking

Before you call Social Services, this is Grinch Punch - lime sherbet and Sprite.  Caden thought it was delicious and loved drinking out of an "adult" glass

Lastly, we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus before Caden blew out his candles!

This Christmas was magical.  

It. Was. Perfect.  

There's nothing better than Christmas with a three-year-old - unless maybe it's a three-year-old AND a first Christmas all wrapped up together.

We have so much to be grateful for.

And we were.

And we are.

Merry Christmas, one and all!