Christmas At Home

I have been waiting to post a Christmas blog or two until after I was finished with Disney....finally!

Christmas was so much fun. In addition to being Griffin's very first Christmas, it was an Oklahoma year and we got the best of both worlds. We spent Christmas morning in our home and celebrated with just our little family, driving up to Edmond in the afternoon. I ordered the majority of Griff's presents online - let me just say, that is how everyone should do it. Always. It was easy AND it was Christmas everyday for two weeks leading up the Christmas, due to a package or two arriving each day! I LOVE getting packages and I REALLY LOVE getting Christmas cards. The best.

We spent Christmas Eve at the Krueger's. Jenn made a delicious dinner, and it was nice to sit around and talk. The kids got to open a gift, Emily made some gingerbread men (I could not stop eating them) and we were home and Griffin in bed by 8. Carson had a little remote control car that Griffin was highly entertained by. Carson would drive in circles around him, get it right up close and then zoom it away. This was all fine until Griffin actually got ahold of the car, and then had to give it back so Carson could continue to play with it. 

Oh Dear.

Griff rose at his usual 6am on Christmas morning. He had a scrumptious breakfast of Pears&Cinnamon Oatmeal, but instead of playing with toys and watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (which is usually how it goes) we went to the place with "lots of lights and crinkly things that I want to put in my mouth."

We weren't really sure how Griffin was going to react to presents, and we weren't expecting much...but I swear to you, he understood. No lie. The first package, we tore a little starter hole for him and he was mesmerized by the paper...

And the lights on the tree were extremely distracting...

But then he totally understood that what was inside all the fun paper was the good stuff. It lasted about 3 presents, and then Mommy helped him a lot - so many new toys!

My little Charlie Brown

Whew! That was exhausting!