Christmas Day

Christmas day was wonderful. Joel and I got up around 9:00 and had to wake Jenna up. We promptly went downstairs to see if Santa had come and fortunately for us, he had! He left out this great kitchen set which Jenna was so excited about. She ran over to get us all a drink and make a couple of phone calls before she even looked at all the other presents under the tree.

I love this picture of Jenna! I love how you can see in her eyes just how excited she is.

We took our time opening presents and just had a great time admiring each one. Jenna was so appreciative of each gift she got. She even thanked Santa again and again for the other pair of pajamas she got.

Hugging her pajamas. She hadn't even unfolded them to see what they looked like yet. She was just beside herself with joy.

Ben had a good Chrismas, too. Jenna was kind enough to help him open his gifts. He was more interested in eating the wrapping paper.

Ben with his stoking goodies. He got a bunch of stuff to chew on, but decided to chew on his new bibs instead.

Yummy presents

The tongue comes out in this one

I love the furrowed brow in this picture. He is determined to get the whole thing in his mouth.

After presents we watched one of Jenna's new movies and ate breakfast. We let Jenna play with her new things while we worked on a puzzle.

This is why our children were neglected for a day or two. Evil puzzle.

Both sets of grandparents stopped by later in the day to visit. I think they were a little disgusted with us because Jenna had just discover the "Flarp" in her stocking when they came over. It was this putty in a can that when you squeeze it into the can it makes a tooting noise. Jenna and Ben got such a kick out of it which then made Joel and I just crack up. We had hours of fun with that disgusting toy.

For dinner we had a wonderful prime rib cooked in our new roaster. It was fabulous! The rest of the night was filled with working on the puzzle and another movie. We had such a great Christmas and can't wait until next year!

Jenna was exhausted from all of the excitement of the day. She passed out on the couch for a little while with her new doll. What a sweet little girl.