Christmas Finally Came!

So much build up and goings on preparing for this special day! We had an awesome Christmas with Aunt Bessie, Uncle Nic, cousins Lawson and Annabelle and Popaw and Meme at the house Christmas night and morning. Christmas Eve we had great plans to go to the Christmas Eve service at church, but decided not to because of the bad weather and moody kiddos. Instead, we stayed home and had corn chowder, sang Christmas carols and enjoyed Popaw reading The Night Before Christmas. Popaw was an impressive story-teller as active little children moved off and on his lap and danced around.

Liam and Lawson loved playing the eggs.

You can see this was not a quiet, attentive reading of the story. But, it was memorable and it was fun.

We put out cookies and milk for Santa and a note from Lawson. We put them by the door, though, instead of by the fireplace, because sweet little one thinks its kinda creepy that Santa comes down the chimney. It kinda is, if you really think about it.

Christmas morning was full of energy and excitement as the little ones discovered what Santa brought. We discovered that Santa came and had the cookies and milk and even left a note back for Lawson. So cool. Liam appropriately ran for the basketball that goes with his basketball goal that Santa brought! Annabelle was so sweet and just hung out during all of the chaos! Papa and JJ, Uncle Mike and his girlfriend, Bethany, and Grandma came to join in the excitement, too.

This is Liam's precious little Christmas outfit I got him when we were at the beach last summer. Since we didn't go to church, he only wore it Christmas day - and it fit just right (wouldn't probably fit a week later!). He was a little cutie and I had a hard time getting a good pic of him in it.

Later that day, the Paganos and Mooneyhams headed up to Decatur. Liam took an abbreviated nap and we went over to Papa and JJs to have more Christmas over there with everyone. Liam was thrilled with his little barn activity center.

It was a wonderfully fun and exhausting Christmas. We are so overwhelmingly grateful for our very special family. Liam was truly a joy this year and we feel so very, very blessed.