Christmas

Christmas was really fun this year because Jacob knew and understood what was going on. We got our first Christmas tree and got to do some of the things I remember doing as a child. I definitely felt grown up this year, and really homesick for my own family since I was doing many of the things that my mom usually does. This is the first year we did it on our own. We survived and even had fun! I only took 2 pictures on Christmas morning. We put the presents out 2 days before and Jacob surprisingly didn't mess with them very much. I suppose they could have gone out earlier but we didn't want to risk it. :) We have been talking about Santa Claus for weeks and he has told me in no uncertain terms that he wants Santa to bring him a Buzz Lightyear. So, when he woke up on Christmas morning, he immediately remembered that Santa should have come in the night and he needed to get out there. I couldn't get him to put on his cute pajamas because he just urgently needed to get out and see what Santa brought. So we did Christmas morning in his undies...which is his usual attire.

The only thing we set out that showed Santa came was the cozy coupe and the slide from my parents, only because they were too big to wrap. Buzz was wrapped and under the tree but he obviously did not realize this. When he saw the big stuff, he said "Darn it!" and covered his face. We need to work on concealing our emotions a little bit. ;) We opened all of his presents under the tree which took well over an hour because he wanted to play with each thing he opened. We really didn't have a lot of gifts for him....he was just slow. The last thing he got to open was Buzz Lightyear and that just really stole the show. By the time he got to it, it seemed like he had forgotten about it or given up hope that he was going to get it. So I really liked the surprise of that gift. And I'm not good at surprises!! Everything he had under the tree was Toy Story or train themed and he loves everything he got. He has been playing with his new toys nonstop. Thank you to our sweet families for making this Christmas so special for Jacob!