We woke up early-- side note: I gave Cal an alarm clock and told him he was not allowed out of bed until it read 7:00 and, that was the most brilliant idea I have ever had! That little rule follower will stay put until that clock turns! He was waking up at 5:30 or 6 and that has nipped that one, thankfully!
SO, back to Christmas morning... I was up early because I can never sleep on Christmas Eve- way too much excitement! And the boys waited until 7:00 to come down. Carrie Beth had flown in and stayed at Tricia and Tommy's house, so they all arrived at 6:50 so they could be here when the boys came down the stairs. My parents arrived close to then too-- so we had a FULL house (plus two dogs!), but it made it even more special. I LOVE all these people under one roof celebrating such an important day!
Here are the boys walking down the stairs... They both have adorable Christmas jammies, but Andy opted to sleep in the t-shirt my mom let him wear home from her house (see Christmas Eve post...the shirtless boy at the end...).
I wrote this exact same thing last year, but it remains true: Cal is a sprinter-- he unwraps as fast as he can and moves on the the next box. Andy is a marathoner-- he opens a present, looks at it, wants it out of the box immediately and then just kinda hangs out.
From my position on the floor, I could see the above picture-- he sat in a box and just took it all in. I imagine he was sucking his fingers in the above picture too. His pile of gifts to open was growing rapidly and he didn't even care. He was content to just open one and sit. Cal was running around the room, distributing gifts and unwrapping his at record speed.
After Christmas at our house, we all showered and then headed over to my parents house to celebrate over there with the cousins. Talk about crazy. I don't do well there, if I am being honest. Everyone is ripping into gifts, and then the gifts are being opened and parts are being thrown about. The control freak in my panics-- but the kids are happy, and that's all that matters!
After the initial INSANITY, I came around the corner to see Andy and Catherine have a tea party on the couch. These two are such little buddies. I love listening to them talk to each other.
While they were having a tea party, Cal was shooting his Nerf gun. He was so cute taking aim...
Then Andy came out holding a Cinderella doll. He was carrying her around an then tossed her down on the ground when he was done- haha
We came home to get this little guy and pack up some stuff....
And we were beach bound!!!! We left about 5:00 on Christmas Day and headed east-- in my car were these two, Mimi, the two boys and Hank.
My next post will be all about the beach weekend!
Christmas day was fun and crazy and long and PERFECT!!!! The boys had a wonderful day being surrounded by people who love them.
Their big gift this year was an iPad mini for each of them. I had each of them per-programmed so when they turned them on, their face is the home screen and all of their apps are already loaded. It was fun watching them open that gift!
Hope your families all had wonderful Christmases too!
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