This year, Lou had to work on Christmas Day, so we made a special request to Santa, who happily obliged - he visited us a day early! What a kind man that Mr. Clause is.
Since about Halloween, Owen has been looking forward to his visit. He's been building a Santa wish list for weeks, and the promise of his arrival (and the threat of his cancellation) has been enough influence to keep Owen in relatively good behavior. I'm not quite sure how we are going to get him to go to bed at a decent hour without bringing up the "Santa's knows if you are good or bad" line.....
Just like I'd always imagined, Owen came running into our room the morning of "Christmas" so excited to see what Santa had brought. He climbed up into our bed and pleaded and pleaded for us to get up and out into the living room. It was awesome.
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| Our family picture before all the present opening began |
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| Owen dove right into his stocking before tackling the presents under the tree |
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| Our two boys on Christmas morning |
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| Opening their joint present from Nana - a new crab trap! |
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| Tearing away the paper |
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| Benjamin just hung out all morning taking it all in |
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| More presents. Each one brought a big smile! Santa was very good to us this year. |
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| One final picture of Nana and Benjamin! What a doll. |
We were very blessed this year. It was nice to spend it at home, but bittersweet to be away from the rest of our family. We stayed in our pajamas until late in the afternoon when we headed to the Children's Mass at church. It was a long mass - nearly two hours - and the boys were itching to get home and play with their new toys. I can remember exactly what that's like!
Merry Christmas to you! Hope you had a wonderful day celebrating the birth of Jesus!
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