Santa and Christmas Morning.

We came home from my parents and quickly got ready for Santa and bed.

Brady picked a cookie my sister had made and we poured a little milk. Brady was very concerned about Mrs. Claus and what she was going to eat. We eventually came to the conclusion she stayed at the North Pole and didn't need anything.

Caleb read them the story of baby Jesus and we tucked them into their beds. It took them about 1 second to fall asleep. They were worn out!  I didn't hear a peep out of either one until morning.

Caleb and I quickly got to work on putting the gifts together. It was a super easy year, so we were done pretty fast. We ended up watching Christmas with the Kranks until we went to bed. It made for a nice Christmas eve.

Brady woke up around 7 am. He walked into our room and said, "Mommy, Daddy get up and come here, come here". We walked into the living room to see what Santa left.

Brady was pretty excited! He pulled each item out of his stocking.

Brady looks huge!!!! When did this happen???

Presley was still sleeping, but was heard us and woke soon after. We opened all our gifts from each other!

Funny story: I stuck a few things in Caleb's stocking, but he didn't do a stocking for me this year. It was not a big deal, but Brady could not get over why Santa wouldn't leave anything in my stocking. He said, "Me and Daddy must have REALLY good this year." We asked if he thought I had been bad and he replied, "No, I think me and daddy just bought your gifts this year." I am not sure he is totally sold on the whole Santa idea.


We picked up a little and let Brady play, but it was time to get ready for our next stop. Brady was not too thrilled to leave his new stuff, but quickly recovered when he found out there would be more gifts and playtime.

Meeting Santa.

The Friday night before Thanksgiving, Caleb took the kids to see Santa. I was out of town for a ladies retreat.


Dress rehearsal the night before. I had to make sure everything fit and see her in her outfit!



*Let us take a moment and praise what a wonderful daddy and husband he is. *

Thank you, Carry on.

 Brady was only 2 days old on his 1st Christmas, so we didn't get to do any "first Christmas" activities with him until his 2nd Christmas. By then Brady was terrified of Santa!



Well, He still is.


 

Like I am clenching my nails into your skin so you won't make me go near that strange man with a silly white beard scared.

I can relate, I mean we are asking a little kid to sit on a strange man's lap and tell him all our desires. Anyone else thinking of Will Ferrell as Elf calling Santa out for smelling of beef and cheese???  A little creepy, right?  Uhm, Stranger Danger?

Moving on, We talked to him a little about Santa before they went. He told me he was NOT getting his picture with Santa. I had decided that Caleb should tell him it is all pretend, so he won't be so scared. (I don't care if he actually buys into the whole Santa thing or not. It is fun, but I don't want to traumatize the kid.) Then I had an idea. I asked Brady if he could just stand next to Santa while Presley sat in Santa's lap. At first he wasn't sure, then he compromised and agreed to stand next to Santa while Presley sat. I guess he felt like he needed to be close enough to protect little sister.  After all we don't want that creepy man taking off with our baby.

This is our very first picture with Santa!  This was a small town Santa, so he doesn't look creepy to me. This isn't the picture they bought, but the one that was sent to me on my phone.


I am told Presley turned on her charm. Caleb said she had the place oohing and ahhing at her sweet smiles! I think he was a proud daddy!

One night while we were questioning Brady if he would sit in Santa's lap, he responded with a question. "Is Santa just someone in a costume?" We asked what he thought and he said he thought it was. We left it at that. A few days later he asked how Santa would get in out house because we don't have a fireplace. We asked what he thought. He said, "the door!" Again, we just left it at that. I am not sure he knows what to think of Santa.

Still it is fun to have a Santa picture with both my babies...

By the way I made Presley's bow the night before. I couldn't find one I liked so I just whipped that one up. ;)

A message from Santa!

We made a video to Brady from Santa.

It is so neat!

All you do is go to this site, enter in the childs information(first name, good or bad, hair color, what they want from Santa), and they will send you a video from Santa. He says the childs name and tells them if they have been bad or good. You can also make one for adults.

Brady has watched it like 10 times since we got it. He loves it!  His eyes get soooo big when Santa says, "Brady"! I thought he would be too small to understand, but he understands more than I thought!

It is so fun that I thought I would share and I would like to remember it for next year.

Merry Christmas!!!