Merry Christmas, everybody!  See Jovie (our elf) hiding in the Christmas tree?

 On Christmas morning, Gabriela woke up and asked if it was Christmas Eve still.  We told her it was Christmas morning, but she insisted it was still Christmas Eve, so I told her to go to sleep so Santa could come. 

I never knew how exciting it would be to be a parent on Christmas morning! I kept waking up and wondering when Gabriela would wake up so we could start our morning fun.

Here's our tree, right after Santa left.

 Gabriela so excited for Christmas fun!

 Yes!  Hello Kitty undies in her stocking!!  Now she can be just like Captain Hook! (her Build-a-Bear)

 Checking out her stocking loot!  She got new toothpaste, socks, undies, big-sister gum, gummy life savers, Christmas pencils, stickers, a Hello Kitty note pad, fruit twists, m&ms, and 3x 5 index cards cos she LOVES drawing tiny pictures on them.

Easton was very happy with some of his gifts. He got super cool socks from Mommy's friend, Katie.

 And this adorable bear, hand knit by Auntie Adie.  Gabriela got one like this for her first Valentine's day.  The funny thing is that we had no idea Adrienne made Easton a bear and right in the middle of gift opening (before we discovered this cutie bear), Gabriela went and got hers to play with.  Now the teddy bears have each other.

 This was, by far, the biggest hit!  Hello Kitty sparkly chapstick (or lipstick if you ask Gabriela). She opened it and squealed!  She put her arms up in the sky and cheered victoriously! And then she said, "He knowed!!!  Santa knowed even though I didn't tell him!" Phew, thank goodness we wrote him that letter. 

Overall, this was Easton's reaction to his first Christmas:

 He woke up later that night though and enjoyed some time looking up at the Christmas tree.

Overall, we had a very sweet and calm Christmas at home.  Gabriela got to pause from gift opening to play with her presents, there was no rush, and I stayed in my jammies all day.  We watched G's new movie, Matilda (of course, we had already read the book), played with gifts, and started reading a new book, Alice in Wonderland. I cooked a gigantic ham, brussells sprouts and sweet potatoes for a simple, yet delicious Christmas dinner.