Merry Christmas!

Parker woke up Christmas morning at 6:30am. We ran out to find that Santa had indeed come to our house. He left a note and a mess from all the cookies he ate. He must have trailed the reindeer food inside the house too. One day we will figure out how he gets up and down that chimney!





Parker had decided ahead of time that Spencer should open the first gift since it was his first Christmas. We were surprised to find that Spencer didn't need all that much help tearing the wrapping off.






Infact, in the grand tradition of babies, he loved the paper way more than the actual gifts. We had to be careful to remove the tags off everything because we caught him with a mouthful of paper.




We also had to keep the bubble wrap from Justin because he couldn't keep from popping it.





We had fun sticking all the bows on Spencer. We gave him a "Bow"hawk and he didn't even realize it!




Parker with his scout box from Nana Ann and Papa Swing. He will start cub scouts in February. We just got called to be his den leaders! I am so excited since I never had brothers!




Parker with his new fishing pole and tackle box from Papa Tom and Grandma Vicki.




Spencer with his Elmo. The kid loves Sesame Street and it buys me some time in the mornings to get ready. The other day while Spencer was watching it, Parker came up and tapped me on the shoulder. When I bent down, Parker whispered, "I don't want Spencer to hear this, but did you know those things are hand puppets? People stick their hands up in them or use strings to make them move." You can imagine the shock I was in to find this information out! :)



Spencer with his pop up toy from Santa.




After we opened presents, we had our traditional breakfast of Christmas casserole, orange and banana, and hot chocolate. Later that day, we drove up to see Justin's family and spend some time with them. The boys were excited to see their aunt and uncles.


Spencer with Auntie Jodi.





The boys with Uncle Ryan.





The boys with Papa Swing and Nana Ann.





Spencer taking a nap with Papa.





A couple of days later, Uncle Mike came down to visit us and wrestle with Parker.




It was a great Christmas!