Christmas Morning

I guess our kids were on the nice list....

And we have lots of family who decided to spoil us as well.

There was even a train table from Aunt Laura and Uncle Rick.

The boys spent a while playing with their big gifts... Carter loved his kitchen from Santa (it was his big wish!).

And pant-less Parker couldn't get enough of the train table.

Eventually the boys were persuaded to see what else they received.  

Carter dove right in but Parker needed a hydration break in the Coupe first.

Parker started opening presents with his stocking.  He seemed to enjoy pulling things out more than ripping the paper.  And the small size of things was perfect for his grip.  He was very excited to get a blue ball like Carter asked Santa to bring him.

He loved his fuzzy baby animal book.

And he was so sweet to share a drink from his new cup with mom!

All that stocking work, took a lot out of the little guy so he retreated back to his Coupe.  For a lollipop snack from his stocking.

Carter meanwhile was in the full swing on Christmas, dancing to the music dad was blasting.  

The boys spend the rest of the morning alternating between the kitchen and train table and opening a few gifts in between.

We are lucky the boys are great chefs because we needed lots of fuel to keep up with all the activity!

Here are some more present opening shots (trust me we have about a 100 more!)...

Enjoying Parker's new Truck noise book

Carter with his microwave from Santa.  He also got the fire truck he asked for. 

Opening puzzles from his future cousin - Baby Burgess!

Comparing his height to his gift from John and Shelby

Parker was trying to call everyone to say "Thank you" on his new phone. 

Dad's replacement hat - his old one went missing (wonder who would have wanted such an atrocity )  

We finished our morning opening the gifts Carter picked out for mom and dad when he went shopping at his Preschool.  We have had them wrapped under the tree for several weeks so we were excited to see what he got us.  Dad got a crystal dish full of candy.  And mom got a yummy vanilla candle.  I think they were both our favorite gifts!

Parker thought his brother did great shopping too!

We took a break from all the activity for lunch and then the boys played with their gifts for a while.  They both loved building and destroying "forts" with their new building blocks. 

And when Uncle Reid came over they had a blast creating their own Christmas day parade around the house.

All the activity definitely wore the kids out so they went down hard for their naps.  When they woke up Pops and Emme had come by to drop off some gifts.  Carter loved his new Piano and we are sure he will be re-enacting moments from 'Big' any day now!

It was a busy morning but thankfully we saved some energy to continue the fun later that evening!