Happy Birthday, Jesus!!

Christmas morning was such a fun morning in our home! Ellison woke up at about 5:45 and came stumbling into our room. Thankfully, we were able to put her in bed with us and keep her there until William woke up at 6:30. After we had both kids up and I had at least brushed Ellison's hair, Will turned the Christmas tree on, got the video camera ready and told us we could come to the living room to see all that "Santa" had left! Ellison was so excited! She immediately ran to her doll house and started playing. William wasn't sure what was going on and was just happy hanging out in Mommy's arms. Once we showed him his new racetrack, he was a little more excited! It is LOUD and that makes William HAPPY! Plus, I think he was just excited to actually have some boy toys!!

Some of Ellison's presents (before we hid the scooter)

William's presents

Ellison and her dollhouse

Finally! Some boy toys!

We hid Ellison's DORA scooter until the very end. She surprised us by telling Santa that she wanted a Dora scooter the Friday before Christmas. This was the first that Will and I had heard about this. Needless to say, the next day we were on the hunt for one. Thankfully, Academy had one so Santa's reputation was saved. Anyway, back to Christmas morning...we saved the scooter for last. We asked Ellison if she got everything she wanted for Christmas. At first she said yes, then sadly said "Santa forgot my scooter". I then got up and went to get it while she went back to playing. As I rolled it in the living room she casually glances back then realizes that it's her scooter. She yells "MY DORA SCOOTER!"....cutest thing EVER! She immediately demands we put her helmet on so that she can ride it. I think she stayed on it the rest of the day.



The rest of the day was very relaxed. This was the first year that we stayed at home and it was really nice. Ellison and William got to play with all of their new toys and Will and I were able to enjoy our time together as a family. We played with the kids, I sipped on coffee (I'm addicted now), and we watch the snow fall...yes, we finally had a real white Christmas.

The view from our front door

I think Jesus had a pretty awesome birthday!