Christmas Day, 2011
Success!! Todd was enjoying a much neede beverage, or perhaps 3, after helping prepare our delicious Low Country Boil
YUM! Lobster, clams, mussles, scallops, shrimp, pork & turkey kielbasa, new potatoes and onions:)
The best part is still the box!
Mrs. White, Cy's G-Mom. He loves her, we all do:)
Cyrus has taken to wrestling his cousin Katie. They are just close enough in age right now that they love to play together. I hope this remains for the rest of their lives, they are adorable together!
MATER! Our favorite right now, as well as trucks, trains, planes, anything locomotive really:)
Hailey & Katie trying to help Cy get the hang of his new bike.
Vroooooooommmm
Presents, presents, presents! Lots of new books which is exciting and a few really cool new toys!
A very happy little boy with his new cars and trucks!
New Kitchen! Cy loves to help me while I cook and he also loves to pretend to cook on his kitchen at school so I found one that he can play with at home. He has already made me lots of yummy food to enjoy!!
Wow! What a lucky boy!
Christmas Morning family shot!!!
Wake up little man! It's time to see what Santa brought!
Henry was getting into the spirit too!
Such a cute little girl!!! This is her 11th Christmas, I have been so blessed with her. She is a great dog and has been an awesome companion for me all these years:)Christmas had a whole new meaning in our house this year. Cyrus is really beginning to understand that something big is happening and that it is very exciting. He was very excited to see lights decorating houses in the neighborhoods, he asked for us to "turn on" the tree each morning when he awoke, and he recognized Santa everywhere. We also began talking a little bit about Baby Jesus and how Christmas a a big birthday party for Baby Jesus and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus a few times, especially in the days leading up to Christmas.
Christmas morning Brad and I woke up about 8:00 (after going to be at 1AM) and called his parents, Doc & Jill, to come over. They wanted to be there for present opening and it was nice to have them there. I put some homemade cinnamon rolls in the oven and Brad got ready to pour the Mimosas and we waited...and waited...and waited. Cy did not stir. Finally, about 8:45 we went in to wake him up to tell him that Santa had come! He was very excited;)
He got some wonderful toys and books this year and was very happy with each one of them! We exchanged presents with Doc & Jill before they had to go home to prepare for our Christmas dinner at their house later in the afternoon.
We got to Doc & Jill's about 2:00 and Todd, Sallie, Haley, Katie and Mrs. White were already there. It was nice to spend this day with Brad's family which has come to feel like my family too after all these years. We opened gifts, the kids played and we had our traditional and delicious dinner of a Low Country Boil! We LOVE this tradition:)
Todd & Sallie left about 7:00 and Cy went to bed early. The remaining 4 of us played Dominoes into the wee hours of the morning and Brad and I woke Cy and headed home about 1:30AM. It was a simply wonderful day of stressfree and delicious family time!
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