Christmas!

For me, it was a whole year of anticipation. Christmas is my favorite time of year and I was really looking forward to celebrating the season with a child. Matthew has made the holidays this year extra special. We are taking the holidays in phases. Christmas eve was spent with my family. We had a small get together to exchange gifts before heading out to the farm for a bigger family get together.

Are all these presents for me?


Whoa - its so big!!


Nathan says oh this is soft!


Awesome - Daddy can take a whole pot of coffee to work now.


Hurry up, get it out of the box


There's gotta be more in here....


Matthew and Mommy


Amy gets domestic



Weeeee - this is fun!


Daddy and Matthew try to fix the truck

With Matthew, there were 4 kids under the age of 5 - it was so much fun to see them get so excited. In addition to family, there was carol singing, lots of food and of course presents. Matthew just loved the tractor set from his great-granddaddy. We arrived at the farm early enough that he got to see a real one as people came back from the hayride.

Matthew and Great-granddaddy

Kim and Matthew while singing Christmas carols

Marvin and Colin lead the gang in a jovial round of "Deck the Halls" ala "A Christmas Story" Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra!

My tractor

Matthew and mommy with his godparents

Christmas morning was fairly mellow. Matthew enjoyed gifts from Santa. We went to church and came hope to open stocking and gifts from mom and dad. Here are a few pictures from the day. We were lucky enough that after a few days of excitement that he actually got to take a much needed afternoon nap. We're taking the day to recoup and will spend a few days continuing the holiday celebrations with Marvin's family.