Christmas Day

Merry Christmas! For as long as I remember we have always exchanged gifts with my family after Christmas Eve church, but with little ones in the house again it was time to try something new. We gathered Christmas morning after breakfast to see what was in all those pretty packages.

Christmas pajamas and presents make for a pretty perfect Christmas morning. 

Our happy girl! 

Checking her stocking 

Time to start in with the paper tearing

Admiring a new ornament with grandma 

While the kids absolutely loved tearing into their packages, it was also a lot to take in at once. They needed some downtime with their daddies to regroup. 

Jacob and Adam taking a book break 

Back to playing with grandpa's new blocks

Christmas morning with my babe

While we unfortunately didn't get any video of Kylie ripping into her presents, my mom did catch us all looking like dorks dancing to Kylie's Christmas music box. Have I mentioned how much of a huge hit this gift was from Thanksgiving all the way through Christmas? (Thanks again great-grandma+grandpa Burger)

We decided it would be best to save some of the gifts for later, and Kylie went to lay down for her morning nap. When she woke up there were more people to play with! Great-grandma+grandpa Benne arrived for lunch along with Russ, Kathy, Marsha, and Scott all the way from Texas. 

Showing great-grandma how these toys work

These two were always wanting to sit by each other 

Kathy and Jacob checking out what they could see 

That afternoon Kylie opened another gift from grandma+grandpa Kirsch 

Look at that focus and determination 

She loved her new box! And the old bucket was just a bonus. 

Jacob was willing to take her present for a test spin

Meanwhile our little explorer went looking for hidden treasure

Happy with her discovery!

Poor Jacob wasn't feeling well most of the day, but my 

Christmas twin was still willing to take a picture together 

We finally thought to snap a family photo at the very end of a wonderful Christmas day