Merry Christmas

Another year passes, and another Christmas comes. I remember last year after Christmas we said, "Next year will be more fun because Kyson will really enjoy it." Well we were saying the same thing after Christmas this year. It's so much fun having a toddler for Christmas, but he doesn't understand the concept of Santa. On Christmas Even we tried to get in the Christmas mood and teach him about Santa by watching Rudolph and Santa Clause is Coming Town. He watched them each for about 10 minutes then wanted to watch Incredibles, and let me tell you, nothing says Christmas like The Incredibles.

Christmas morning Kyson came downstairs and saw a couple of things from Santa that he really liked - Goldfish and a car. Then we waited for my parents to come so they could watch him open his presents. They brought my grandpa and he held Kodi the entire morning and it was so adorable. Kyson opened his presents, but didn't really care about what was in them, just enjoyed opening them once he got the hand of it. Of course, Santa didn't bring him very interesting things, he was very practical since Kyson didn't really care - clothes, sheets, a snow shovel, etc. He did get a few toys, but I think my dad enjoyed them more than Kyson.

After we finished opening presents from Santa and Mom and Dad, we went to my sister's for breakfast and did some present exchange over there. Breakfast was fantastic, but time got away from us while we were there and we were rushed the rest of the morning to get everything done before Bailey and Kelley had to go to their Mom's and Kyson needed to get down for a nap.

After my sister's we went to my parents' house and finished presents there. There was on gift from my grammy Tinsch in New Hampshire that was a hit. It was a dog that barked Jingle Bells. After Kyson opened that gift, he didn't care about anything else. He absolutely loved it. Grammy also sent all the boys shirts. We made them all take a picture in their new shirts because they looked like Al Borlin from Tim the Tool Man.

Later that evening we went to Rusty and Amy's house and Kyson played with the kids and their toys while we visited with their parents. Overall the day was very nice. We got to see our families and enjoy the gifts. The best present of all was Kodi slept through the night that night and has every night since - Merry Christmas to me!

The next night Kris's parents came over for a welcomed visit. It was so nice to have them over. Fran was a little excited and wouldn't leave poor Errol alone though.

Kyson's presents from Santa and Mom and Dad
Kodi's presents from Santa and Mom and Dad

Franni Faye's presents from Santa and Mom and Dad