Christmas Morning

Ah, our first Christmas as a family (we've waited so long to have a Christmas with a baby).  And oddly enough this is also the first Christmas Eve/Morning John and I have ever spent together in our own home - we've always either drove down to my parents on Christmas Eve or stayed at his parents Christmas Eve and then drove to my parents in the morning.  It was a little weird...but nice.

So after we arrived home from the Battermann's, I jumped into gear.  I still had a few gifts to wrap for my parent's house and for John and Logan.  I stayed up until 2am wrapping gifts, cleaning up the house (I didn't want to wake up to a mess) and helping 'Santa'.  Here are some pics from Christmas Eve & Morning:

We left Snickerdoodle cookies (we heard they were Santa's favorite this year...oddly enough the only cookie I baked this year, what a coincidence) & a glass of milk for Santa.

I wrapped the last gift for Logan from John and I.

And Santa left Logan a present (Santa gave Logan a Christmas book)

Santa filled up Logan's stocking...

And Santa filled up Buddy's stocking (& hung it high on the banister so that Buddy would not rip it open in the middle of the night).

And of course, the proof that Santa was there...an empty glass of milk and crumbs on the plate.

Christmas morning, Buddy and Logan (in his Bumbo) soo eager to open presents (yes, they both look very patient in this picture...but they were excited!).

But first, Logan and I took the last hershey kiss out of the Advent Calendar from Grandma & Grandpa Madorma - yay!

And John and Logan played a bit...

We opened gifts....John helped Logan...

Wow, what a HUGE bone for Buddy to chew on (which that morning he could've cared less about...until a few days later when his 'cousin' Oakley came over and showed interest...then Buddy was all about it!).

And I got my Christmas gift...a fireplace 'key' to turn on the gas in my fireplace - yes, I've lived in this house for just over 2 years and have never had a fire...so sad.  So Logan and I cozied up by the fire - it was very nice.  :)

And Buddy ripped apart a stuffed toy his 'Golden' friend Codi gave him...all over the floor (while in the background, John played Guitar Hero World Tour).  Everybody had a great Christmas!