Merry Christmas 2008

Christmas gets more fun every year as the kids get older. Almost every night since Thanksgiving Colby has been asking "is Santa coming tonight?" It is a long wait for a little boy! Everyday we would put another number on our calendar and he would count how many days we had before Christmas. He would jump up and down and be so excited. We tried explaining why Christmas is so special and he would always say "because it's Baby Jesus' birthday AND Aunt Molly's birthday".

Well, Baby Jesus and Aunt Molly's birthday finally arrived. First we celebrated Christmas with Jeremy's family. Colby and Carson always love going to over to "Papa with the swimming pool" especially when all their cousins are there. (Colby refers to his other Papa as "Papa at Kaden's house").

On Christmas Eve we went over to Mimi and Papa's house. We went to church and then back to their house for dinner (which of course included oyster stew) and to open presents. It was nice to have everyone there together. Carson was entertained by his first two presents he opened, a toothbrush and a baseball bat and tee...his favorite things in the world! After several "lovelys" by Old Mimi we headed home with two very sleepy boys.

Jeremy and I were hoping the boys would sleep in a little bit because we had a late night putting together Santa toys. They were both up at 7:30am, which is sleeping in for them! Colby ran out to the living room and was so excited to see what Santa had left for him. Carson went straight for his new baseballs Santa brought him and Colby was very happy to see that he had gotten his Scooby Doo game he had asked for EVERYTIME the commercial came on TV. Then they saw their new toys for the backyard...a fun tent and a trampoline! Just so everyone knows, a deal was made that Jeremy would be the one making all ER visits due to this trampoline!

Jeremy and I exchanged gifts with each other. He gave me a trip to Lubbock! Many people would not consider that a gift ( I can't understand why people don't have the same love for Lubbock as I do), but he did this for me last year and I loved it. I get to go and visit my dear friend and old college roommate, Lauren. We had so much fun last year that I told Jeremy I wanted it for Christmas every year!

Our Christmas day was spent putting that trampoline together. It only took about six hours! But, it is finally together and the kids love it!

We had a wonderful Christmas. I think this last picture is how we all felt once Christmas was over...our sweet little Carson asleep under the Christmas tree.