Christmas

Christmas morning Connor walked downstairs at 6am. He walked right past all of the gifts and into our bedroom and said "hey Dad, do you think Santa came yet?". Brandon said, why don't you go check. He walked out into the family room and we heard a gasp and then he said "get up, Santa came!!". He got into our bed and we could feel the heat coming off of him right away. Poor little guy had 103 degree fever. Oh No! We got him some ibuprofen and made him stay in bed with us for a while. i knew he wasn't feeling good when it took him an hour to ask about the gifts again. Then at 7am he rolled over and said "Can I go wake up Hudson now?" We told him yes and listened through the baby monitor. It was so cute to hear Connor tell Hudson that Santa had come.

BEFORE

AFTERThe table is ready for a delicious dinnerI made beef wellington and a cauliflower puree. Justin made mushroom, parmesan risotto. The food was awesome. I usually try to be humble about my cooking, but this meal was AWESOME!!! I was so proud of myself. Everyone seemed to love it. I mean, really, who doesn't love beef wellington?

Brandon's family reloaded our tree with giftsThe boys had to put on their star wars t-shirts as soon as they opened them. They have asked me to wash them every day!

We had a great Christmas. We were able to teach the boys what the holiday is really all about this year and it really stuck. So much so that they stopped to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus BEFORE they opened their gifts. I was so proud of them.