Merry Christmas!

What a WonDERful day! As you can see, Christmas couldn't have been better! Christmas Eve was even great considering the surgery and all. Rose, thank you so much for opening your home to us and letting us come and eat your food! It was good to feel at home!
It has been fun starting up some new traditions w/ our family. We started by making sugar cookies and decorating them on Christmas eve, opening up our Christmas p.j.'s, setting the cookies out and watching the anticipation on Payton's face as he is waiting for Santa to come.
This Christmas has been the first Christmas in a long time that it has actually felt like Christmas. Kids make all the difference in the world. It was so much fun watching Payton come down and realizing that Santa had come to his house. It was pretty funny watching him open his present's and finding out that none of them are the train that he has so desperatly been waiting for. It finally got to the point that he didn't want to open any more. He just wanted his ChOo-ChOo! Finally I asked him to go and get me a blanket on the floor covering his train, he pulled it off and to his surprise Santa really did come! He was so excited and hasn't left it's side yet.
Xoie was content watching her brother and trying to get all of his toys. The comment of her hating her hair was for you Tiff. Don't you recognize that face? Remember the red brush?
We had a great day and enjoyed creating new traditions. We did miss all the family back home and we hope ya'll enjoyed the holiday's. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!