A Merry Christmas Indeed

We had a really great Christmas this year. This year, it felt a little different, since it was spent with only each other, but we were able to connect with both sides of our families on the web-cam.

Here are some highlights from the past few days.

Christmas Eve, decorating cookies for Santa. I got the recipe from MSN's delish.com (http://www.delish.com/recipefinder/roll-cut-sugar-cookies-recipe?click=recipe_sr), which was surprisingly good. Vincent did great with decorating. Although the picture looks like we're calmly decorating, it was actually a bit of a mad rush trying to get them done. Vincent would do a little decorating, then run around, and then repeat, while Tyler would crawl around the floor tugging at our legs. Vincent picking out cookies and putting them on a plate for Santa.

After Vincent carried the milk and cookies to the fireplace and we opened it up for Santa, he happily posed for a picture for us.

Santa arrived and left a loot!

Christmas morning! Vincent and Tyler come down to see that the cookies and milk are gone, and their stockings have been filled.

Vincent pulled this gift out of his stocking and was so thrilled. He kept shouting, "CHICK! IT'S CHICK HICKS!"

We had planned it out in our heads that we would let the kids take their time opening gifts and playing with each one as they opened them. We figured it would take all day to get them all opened. That's how it was the last two years. Well, Tyler was happy for that, but Vincent was ready to open them up all at once. We had to slow him down. When Vincent opened the gift from Santa and saw that he got what he asked for, he was so excited and said, "I got the 'Lightning Thing'! I was being good!"

Today, we went and visited our old neighbors and dropped off some cookies. We were only able to see two of them, but are happy to report that they are both doing well.

Merry Christmas!