Christmas 2010

Our first Christmas with Kieran and in our new home was a very special one!

Our three boys excited and ready for bed on Christmas Eve

Christmas morning

Santa did not wrap gifts this year, which was a HUGE surprise for the boys. In this photo, Caden is ready to play his new DS game and Cole wants his box of Mario cards opened.

After checking out their big presents from Santa, the boys moved on to their stockings.

Kieran likes his books from Santa.

Mia attacking her stocking full of catnip toys

The boys opened and assembled the gifts from Santa while I made breakfast.

After breakfast, the boys opened presents from us. Cole was thrilled with the AT-AT Walker.

Caden was super excited to receive this Lego Atlantis set.

Our happy baby in his FIRST outfit of the day

Confused Kieran? I wonder if Kieran will love Elmo as much as Cole did.

Our Buzz Lightyears

Nana and Papa arrived with more presents shortly after we finished opening our presents.

More presents! (from Nana, Papa, and our family in Pennsylvania and Maryland)

Kieran LOVES his "What's Inside?" box from Nana and Papa.

Kieran playing with his Incrediblock from Mommy and Daddy

Caden and Cole "helping" assemble the Scooby Doo Haunted Mansion

Caden and Cole moved on to building Legos while Nana and Papa continued to assemble the Scooby Doo Haunted Mansion.

Grabbed a quick family photo before the boys went out to play in the snow

We were blessed with a beautiful snowfall on Christmas Eve. It snowed ALL day! I loved it! After opening presents and eating lunch, Curt and the big boys went outside to enjoy the snow. We have a couple small hills in our backyard that are perfect for their saucer sleds. After playing in our backyard for a while, Curt took them to the hills on the golf course behind our house.

Caden making a snow angel

Snowball fight!

Caden loves his saucer sled! They had tons of fun!

After Christmas dinner, playtime, and baths, we opened more presents with Aunt Shannon and Josh.

We did something unheard of for our family of Illini fans--celebrated Christmas with a Kansas fan. Good thing Josh is such a great guy for Aunt Shannon! ;) Here is Cole sporting his new Jayhawk hat with Josh.

Nana, Papa, and Kieran, who is chomping on Sophie the giraffe from Aunt Shannon and Josh

On the day after Christmas, we enjoyed a lazy day full of toys, TV, and games.

Here are Cole and Caden in the middle of a Twister challenge. I decided to be nice and not post any Twister photos involving the adults. I'm thankful that no cameras were around for the Twister game involving Nana and me. Twister is not my game!

Cuddled up to watch Despicable Me

Caden playing Cole's Leapster and Cole playing Caden's DSi--So good at sharing! ;)

So many photos! We had a fantastic Christmas!

Christmas Celebration #1

I'm finally getting a chance to add Christmas photos to the blog. I'm not sure why the spacing is funny.

We celebrated Christmas with Grammy and Aunt Mariah on December 23rd. Grandpa was sick and had to stay at home. Caden and Cole were super excited to open gifts early.


Kieran's first Christmas gift--He LOVED the wrapping paper!

A Taggie car from Uncle Jason--Thanks!

Presents!

Cole is so happy to have his OWN handheld video game system.


Kieran and Aunt Mariah--Kieran says, "Thanks for holding me ALL afternoon while I napped."


And the gaming begins...


Caden and Aunt Mariah building his new Lego train station


Curt only worked until 3:00 or so. I was able to go Christmas dinner grocery shopping solo. Grammy and Aunt Mariah rescued two dogs who had adopted our front yard and been missing for over a day. We enjoyed Darcy's for dinner. Lots of wonderful gifts! We had a fantastic early Christmas celebration!