THIS is the reason we gather & celebrate. In our family that means Birthday cake for Jesus, hours worth of gift giving, throwing the crumpled up wrapping paper over the stairs, and staying in our PJ's until dinner time. It's a little weird, but it's us and we love it, so it's all good.
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| Christmas Eve Birthday Party for Jesus (pay no attention to the giant spaghetti stain on my son's tshirt) |
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| The matching pajama Christmas morning cuzzie-picture...look how much they've grown! (2012 above, 2013 below) |
We started a new tradition this year: St. Nick sent a new nativity book in the mail for Isaac to open on Christmas morning! I have WONDERFUL memories of Santa as a child so I've been really excited to get this tradition started. Uncle Thad lent his door-bell-ringing-sleigh-bell-jingling-ho-ho-ho-ing-self to add to the fun. I wasn't sure what Isaac would do, but when he heard the noise at the door, his eyes opened WIDE and he started looking around. He found his package stuck in the door and didn't even bother to bring it up the stairs to open it. :)
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| Reading the Nativity Story |
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| Stocking time! |
Isaac was the Chief-Wrapping-Paper-Ribbon-Bow-Removal-Specialist this year. A piece of paper was not going to be left on a package on his watch-no sir-ee! He signed "open" for everything he saw for everybody in the room. And for a while just wandered from person to person either helping to open their gifts or to do a clean sweep once they were done. (that's my boy!). I wish I could have recorded his ooohhs & aaahhhs as he opened his stocking; his face absolute LIT UP opening all his little gifts. (In fact, the $2 toy camera from the bottom of the sock, is the one thing he has chosen to play with since!) It made this momma's heart smile to see him so full of joy on such a special day. I couldn't hug and kiss him enough that day..."Merry Christmas, sweet boy. Momma and Jesus love you SO much!"
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| Christmas 2013 |
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