Christmas 2009

We had an absolutely perfect Christmas! We got to spend lots of time with family and the boys had a blast. A few years ago I never would have believed someone who told me that Christmas is more fun as a parent than it is as a kid, but this year, that was certainly true! Seeing their excitement over Santa and Baby Jesus was just the best.

On Christmas Eve, we went to church and then headed over to the Johnstons for appetizers and a gift swap. The boys got to open presents and we played "sneaky" santa. Then, Alex and Reed got in their Christmas jammies and we headed home to put out cookies for Santa and say goodbye to Freddie, the Christmas elf.

On Christmas morning, we could hardly stop Alex from running down the hall, but we made him wait just a minute until we got the camera. Then they ran in and saw all their gifts. Once we played with Santa stuff for a while, Moz and Gramps came over and brought even more presents! We swapped gifts and then the whole crew came over for Christmas brunch. We had brunch, watched boys play with their toys, and everyone opened a special little gift that Alex and Reed picked out all by themselves. Then, we all took naps and headed back to Grandma and Pops to finish up the gift giving and getting. We topped off the day with Pops famous red velvet cake.

It was a busy two days, but so, so much fun. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! (even Ollie was exhausted - in his new favorite spot, the bean bags!)