Way too many pictures later, I'm ready to wrap up Christmas 2009. The tree and decorations will still be up for another few days, but I'm about pictured-out of the holidays, so here's the unloading of my favorites from Christmas day.
Hayden and Benjamin's sleep schedules are a little out of sync. Ben is up around 7 or 7:30 a.m. but then goes down for his morning nap around 8. Hayden often doesn't wake up until 8:30, sometimes even 9. So, when Hayden woke up, he had quite a bit of time to dive into all the Christmas fun while his brother was napping. We usually start with the stockings, but when Hayden came to the bottom of the stairs, he had to walk right past the living room (which contained all the treasure!) and wouldn't leave for about 45 minutes. We had to tear him out of the room to even come eat breakfast!
When Benjamin did awake, he was in a jolly good mood. . .
. . . and quickly got lessons from his brother on what this present-opening thing was all about. We diverted Hayden from the Christmas tree and set them both down to dig into their stockings together.
Then it was back to the tree dig into the remaining mountain of boxes.
There were plenty of planes, trains, and automobiles unwrapped around here!
Hayden wanted to unwrap every box he found, whether it was for him or not. He didn't insist on keeping the contents of every package, he just wanted to unwrap it. Benjamin didn't mind the help, but we had to distract him later so that Mom and Dad could open their own gifts (I must admit, I love ripping into a wrapped package. . . and Hayden had plenty of his own so I felt no need to share mine with him!)
Benjamin was happy as long as Hayden passed the paper along to him!
This was certainly a 21st century Christmas, with plenty of video taping. . .
. . . and skype-ing (and photographing, too)!
And, as always, the furry members of the family had some presents, too.
(told you--Hayden had to help with all the packages!)
And some brief photographic evidence of my existence in the family. . .
We certainly are blessed in so many ways--having a lovely, warm house to spend Christmas day in, a loving family to spend it with, and thoughtful gifts from those near and far, who are near and dear to us. We got so many wonderful things, but if I had to pick a favorite, this is definitely a contender. . . Rich's hat.
Not just his hat, but the fact that my mom found coordinating ones for Hayden and Benjamin, too. That is one adorable set of hats and boys that I have in my life!
Merry Christmas!
