Christmas at Home

Merry Christmas everyone! We celebrated our Christmas at home which is where we open all our presents to each other before flying to the grandparents' house for actual Christmas Day. We wrapped everything and had it under the tree for Saturday morning so Micah could get the full effect :-) He was not disappointed. "All these are for us?!" You can see him counting all the gifts in this first photo. This year we had him read all the tags to see if they were for him. He can recognize his own name and Jacob's name now. Of course he helped open 'lil bro's gifts too! We had our "Happy Birthday Jesus" party at church yesterday for all of the families with kids. It's a fun and kid-accessible way for our family to remember why we celebrate Christmas. Plus, as Micah says, there's cake!

"One for you, two for me, one for you..."

Jacob, enjoying all the excitement.

Jacobs plays with his new toy from mom and dad.

A "rite of passage": Micah receives his first Nerf toy.

Paging Dr. Micah!

"This ball popper is a blast!"

Jacob plays with his favorite toy, his foot :-)

                                             Micah and Jacob play together.

Cutiepie under the tree

Blowing razzes at the camera.

Jacob 'talks' about his first Christmas and wonders about the camera.

Micah shows Jacob how his new toy works.

Now that we've had our celebration here, we'll move our focus to getting to Delaware on Friday. So far, I'm staying sane, self-medicating with lots of chocolate, and meditating on the phrase, "it's only a two-hour flight." :-)  We are all excited about getting to spend the holiday with family, especially since it's been 2 years since we've been to DE--way too long. This may be my last post until after the holidays, so we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!