Our Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! Caleb is finally old enough to really start to understand and appreciate all of the traditions and related chaos. Before going to Nana & Pop's, we let the boys open their gifts from Chris' parents that we got in the mail and/or picked up. Joe and LeeAnn got the boys some cute pj's and a Video Reader (a teched-out version of read-along books). Cherri called and informed us that she would send us some money to buy our present from her. It took us several days to find it, but we finally got the Wii she wanted to get us. And we love it. Caleb can already out-golf me and can now beat his dad at bowling. I think Chris and I have stayed up until 2am a few nights. We even took it to my parents' house and shared it with everyone there!

Caleb "boxing" at home:

Bodie's girlfriend, Beth - picture by Caleb:

Nana/Mom:

My Uncle Quinn and Aunt Care came to Mom's house with their families for Christmas Eve. I was so excited to get to see my cousin Nikki again. It's been several years since we've gotten together for anything outside of a funeral. Her children are so cute! Caleb was glad that there were some kids close to his age to play with! Unfortunately, Chris missed most of the fun, but he made it in time to tell everyone bye and eat what was left of the food.

After everyone left, we did the traditional stuff...opening pajamas, reading "The Night Before Christmas" and leaving treats for Santa and the reindeer. Caleb did well with this, but Cole had other plans. He took advantage of everyone sitting on the couch and decided that we were his personal playground and then decided that the carrots for the reindeer might be a good late-night snack. Please notice our super-cute pajamas in the following pictures...(mine and Sarah's are sock-monkeys, Mom has the "trailer trash" version - RV's and pink flamingos)
Cole jumping on everyone:

Annual front porch picture:

Just because the monster looks so cute:

Having a little snack:

I'll save Christmas morning for later...I'm tired of uploading pictures right now.