Christmas

The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind! The holidays have come and gone. We had such a wonderful time, even though almost all of our extended family was far away. We did find some time to relax and put our feet up before our Christmas guest arrived. (Brian saw that I was taking a picture of my feet so he felt the need to copy me). I know, I know, how cute is that?!



Aunt Laura (my little sister) spent Dec. 24th-27th with us. Some fun things we did with Aunt Laura were frost sugar cookies and arrange all the Christmas gifts, except for Santa's, of course ;)

Our Christmas was very fun. Sam made his famous egg casserole and had that cooking in the oven while we opened some presents. Mickey Mouse was very festive and had to watch us open gifts too.


I tried to get a good video of Brian seeing the Christmas tree for the first time, but he was all over the place. Compared to last year, Brian was way more excited about opening presents. He wanted to open several of our presents too. And like all babies Tyler's age, Tyler enjoyed the boxes and wrapping paper the most. Brian's favorite gifts are his Mickey (Mouse) Motor Race Track from us and his Curious George movie from his Grandma Hallstrom. Tyler's favorite gifts are his pop up musical toy from us and his Elmo movie.



We opened about half of the gifts and then took a break for breakfast. Sam's big gift from me was wrapped up several times, each layer having a different kind of paper and a little note attached to keep Sam guessing on what the gift could be. Taped to the box was a note that said, "Sam...This is for you so that you will NEVER get lost again!" He chuckled as he removed the note and saw a GPS for our car. After all the gifts were opened, Tyler took a nap, Sam prepared the turkey, Brian played with his race track, and Laura and I visited with our family on the phone. My big gift from Sam was a new house phone. Our old one was very beat up. Another one of Sam's gifts to me was being the chef for the day. I didn't have to lift a finger in the kitchen and it was so nice. Our turkey dinner was tasty, even though we forgot to make stuffing. Oh, and we cannot forget Aunt Laura. She is a big help with my boys. She had a blast hanging out with her nephews and getting to know them better. Brian even snuggled up with her to watch his Curious George movie. Thanks for coming, Laura! We had so much fun. Come visit us again real soon!