Christmas Day

As soon as the kids were up we prepared Carson to come out for a big surprise. He walked into the living room and immediately gave it a scan. Well we had out for him a new bike, a t-ball set, and his new books. Well this little boy breezed right past the bike and toys and straight to the new books. He picked it up, came straight up to me and said, "mommy read it." We cuddled up on the couch and read it again and again until I told him that he had to check out his bike. He was pretty excited about it, perhaps a little more about the helmet. We rode around the living room until Camilla was up and we were ready to open presents.

Carson wasn't particularly interested in opening presents, like we thought he would be. But he did love them after he opened them. He did insist upon holding onto each present while he opened the next one. Camilla was also very excited about her new (to her) bouncing exer-saucer. It was a fun morning filled with all of Carson's favorite things. I filled his stocking with mandarin oranges which he got to eat while reading his new books. Then we had sausage rolls for breakfast.

After a wonderful church service, we headed down to visit Adam and Cassie and their brand new baby, Ella. Later we went to Arlington to eat dinner and open presents with my family and my brother, Stephen, and his family who had arrived early that morning. There Carson played with his cousins, Camilla enjoyed meeting her Aunt and Uncle and cousin, Abby, and we opened lots of fun presents. It was a fun, relaxing day spent with the people we love the most.