Christmas Day

This Christmas was the BEST yet. I think part of it was that it was just our family. Not that I don't love spending Christmas with our extended families, it is just different when it is just us. This year was sooooo much fun with Thing 1  When we took her to see Santa and he asked her what she wanted for Christmas she just said she was going to get a baby sister, Thing 2  She would also say that if she is a good girl Santa would bring her a booster seat. High expectations I know; a booster seat, YEE HAW! Still that is what she wanted. Christmas eve she was all energized thinking he was going to come in the morning. We weren't sure if she would go to sleep or not that night. B read her a story and she was just talking away about Santa coming and Rudolph and so forth. I went in to check on her a few minutes later and amazingly enough she was asleep. So cute!
The next morning she woke up and came into our room at 4:30 proudly announcing she slept in her own bed all night. Part of that comes from telling her that she can come into our room once it is light outside. Right now between 3:30 and 5 am it appears to be light outside from the moon shinning on the snow and the bright reflection it gives off. Anyways, I pulled her into bed with us so she wouldn't go and look at the Christmas tree before we could get out there with the video camera. She stayed there quietly till 5:15 when she remembered Santa. She sat up in bed and said, "LET"S OPEN PRESENTS!!!"
B went out first and we both LOVE her reaction to seeing the doll house. It was the best. Christmas day was so sweet for our little family this year. I hope it continues to be this good if not better as we add more little ones to the mayhem.