Merry Christmas: December 25, 2009

Highlights from today (3 sets of pictures / 3 links):



  • Campbell could hardly wait for her first Christmas so she  woke up 3 times last night to see if Santa had come-he hadn't yet, but she was thrilled with what Dad had left for her in the fridge-a bottle
  • downstairs.  We had to wake up Graham and Campbell but once everyone was up-Mom had to hold them back while Dad went downstairs first to take their pictures
  • Santa having come and leaving lots of stuff-Reagan suddenly had her heart set on a pink kitty and dumped out her stocking looking
  • Anderson and Reagan waking up and being ready to go for it and was pretty disappointed not to find it (Santa didn't know it was that big of a deal)  Soon, she had found a bizillion other toys and was thrilled.  (Mom was still a little upset about the whole deal though)  Anderson couldn't wait to put on his helmet and ride his scooter.  Graham was content just watching everyone else and didn't really care about his toys.  Campbell just snoozed on the couch soaking in the sounds of Christmas as this Dennie house
  • Grannymom, Grandpa, Jason, Nonna and Pops came over for break: fruit, hashbrown casserole and breakfast burritos.  The kids appreciated all of the extra help opening their presents since Santa had apparently left everything in his sack and headed home early after stopping by our house
  • After cleaning up all of the kids took a short rest while Mom and Dad tried to clean up more (unsuccessfully since it was overwhelming to them)
  • Lunch at Dana and Brad's house-the kids enjoyed playing with Cash and Lilly's new presents-Campbell even enjoyed being held by aunt Dana
  • Since it was not raining, we decided to take a few pictures with Campbell's stork-the kids love seeing the "goose."  While we were taking pictures, cars were driving by and Mom felt like the Duggars-maybe they were staring at the new baby and not the gaggle of kids
  • Coming home and everyone taking an afternoon nap-we would have overslept if Reagan hadn't woken us up
  • Opening presents at Grannymom and Grandpa's house.  All of the kids did great and were so excited about the presents.  We played some and then changed into our pajamas and even stayed out late before coming home again for bed.  Campbell suddenly has become our big eater-she did snooze while we had our afternoon nap and never even left her car seat.  Graham has also become our social butterfly: he is all about playing and kissing on everyone
  • Graham, Reagan and Anderson sat in the floor playing with Graham's new fire station while everyone else had supper.  Mom was nearby holding Campbell and Mom and Dad wished that they could just stop time for awhile
  • After everyone went to bed, Campbell hung out with Mom and Dad while they played with a few presents before settling in on the couch to watch tv and blog
  • The present highlights from Christmas were lottery tickets, smoothie maker, Mom's popsicle maker (Dad), waffle maker, popsicle maker (Mom), stuffed dog, pjs with a skirt (Reagan), trash truck, helmet, Graham's firehouse (Anderson), firehouse, bicycle (Graham), diapers and diapers (Campbell)
  • It was a another great Christmas-even though it is Christmas everyday at this house!

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