Merry Christmas!

This year was by far the most fun with Caleb at Christmastime. He was just so excited about everything. Christmas Eve we went over to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner..and Marshall and I gave Caleb our gifts that night. At bedtime, we told him Santa would be coming soon and we needed to be asleep before that happened...he was so concerned about us making too much noise! It was the quickest bedtime we've ever had! In the morning, Marshall and I had to wake him up after 7:00...we stood outside his door and he sat up in bed with the biggest eyes..."Mommy, Daddy?" We said, "It's Christmas!!" and he ran out to check on Santa's cookies. Sure enough, they were gone..so we ran downstairs to check out the stockings. Caleb shouted "Santa was here!!!!" We brought the stockings upstairs to open..(Mommy and Daddy even got a present from Santa) and then Caleb opened his presents under the tree. He wanted to spend a lot of time playing, of course...but we had to go over to Grandma and Grandpa's to open gifts there. Starting Christmas Eve, we were getting hit with a huge snowstorm...so we had to battle that as well Christmas morning...we got stuck trying to get out of our street (it hadn't been plowed yet!) but Marshall was able to get us on the road (after taking over the keys from me!). We spent some time at my parents' with Joey, Stephanie and Laura, opening gifts and having breakfast. It was a fun morning...Christmas is always my favorite holiday! We ran back home for awhile to get ready for Christmas dinner and then spent the day back at my parents' with my mom's side of the family. It was a nice day, like always!


Caleb got a lot of fun presents and has spent a lot of time since then playing with new things...I had the week off after Christmas so we were able to just hang out at home. I really wanted that time alone with Caleb, before baby arrives. We worked on potty training (success FINALLY!) and spent time with Grandma, since she was home too!