Merry Christmas!

On Christmas Eve we celebrated with the Homan family at our house for dinner. I spent most of the day cooking and baking. Mom and Dad brought the steamed shrimp! We had a nice dinner and then it was off to church for the Christmas Eve service. Unfortunately Cody did not make it through the entire service. In fact, probably 15 minutes into it, he and Hannah started eating some snacks that they mananged to find in the diaper bag. Well of course this led to Cody needing a drink, which i forgot! I never leave the house without his sippy cup and of course this one time i forgot. Well, he just wasn't getting over it and Dad took him out for awhile. We tried bringing him back in and he had just had enough at that point. So i took him to the church nursery and of course he was as happy as could be playing with new toys he'd never seen. What a stinker! Soon after Dad came to find us and then not long after that Jimmy came to find us. At that point it was just Hannah and Mom enjoying the service. So needless to say, we decided it was just better to leave. We knew we had to get in bed early for Santa to come. So after baths we tucked the kiddos in for the night.

Christmas morning Hannah was so excited to see all the gifts under the tree. Cody on the other hand had woke up on the wrong side of the bed and needed a time out not long after waking up! Eventually he came around and decided to come out and open his gifts. He was defintely more aware of what was going on this year but still only wanted to focus on what he was opening at the time and then did not want to open any more. Next year will be even more fun for him!



After spending several hours in the morning opening packages and playing, playing, playing, we headed to the Showman's for lunch and to open even more presents! John, Katie, and John Jr. were there as well. I did manage to get a group picture of the four kids!



After a delicious lunch of ham, green beans, potatoes, fruit, and so much more, we delved into the presents. The girls were extremely happy about getting their Nintendo DS. Cody was having fun playing with matchbox cars. Everyone was getting tired and we headed home for the evening. I completely exhausted myself trying to organize and find places to put the new toys. My house was a disaster of cardboard boxes and paper everywhere but i managed over the next few days to get my house back in order. All in all, despite everyone having runny noses and coughing, we had a very nice Christmas!



Merry Christmas!