Babies' First Christmas

We had two big things to celebrate this year - the babies' first Christmas, and their 9 month birthday. It was a fun but tiring day!

The babies got up at their usual 6:00-6:30 time and had their breakfast. Then we headed to the tree to see what Santa had left for them.

Learning to unwrap presents


Books!


First soccer balls


Teamwork


Sing-a-ma-jigs




After the babies went down for their naps, Jason and I enjoyed some homemade monkey bread and strong coffee. You know it's going to be a long day when you're exhausted by 9am.


So gorgeous...I can't stand it!


After the babies got up from their naps, we had a quick Skype session with Grandma Di, Grandma Peg, and Uncle Dane. Then we packed up the trio and headed to GrandMary & Grandpa Gene's house. Uncle Peter was there too.

It was fun to watch the babies open presents


Everyone was so excited!


Lucas showing Uncle Peter one of his new toys


Feeding time...yum, sweet potatoes


It's too much of a pain to transport and set up high chairs...


...So the babies got personal feeding assistants instead


Playing with some new toys


Zoey riding the IKEA moose


Lucas riding the IKEA moose


After the present-opening, the grown-ups tried to eat their yummy ham dinner. However, the babies refused to nap so there was a lot of getting up and down and eating one-handed. Eventually we just had to pack them up and get them in the car so they'd fall asleep. We took the long way home and got them to sleep for 30 min. The rest of the afternoon was a bit of a blur...the babies continued to play with their new toys, ate their dinner, and went to bed by 6:30. Jason and I had cereal for dinner and collapsed on the couch. Whew!

We are thankful for all of the wonderful gifts that the babies received and grateful for all of the loving family and friends in their lives. Merry Christmas, everyone!