Happy Christmas

Christmas morning arrived early for Annabelle & me. She came to my bedside at 4am, asking if Santa had been there. Asking if there were gifts for her. I convinced her it was too dark to tell but she could stay with me until it was light. She asked me every 10 minutes if it was morning yet until 5:30. We both dozed back off until Nate woke us at 8am yelling “Happy Christmas” through the monitor.

She was *thrilled* to see her much anticipated dollhouse along with a note from Santa telling her what a good girl she had been. Nate just immediately went into the train zone, where he has been much of the time since. Nate was not happy that I pulled him away from the train table to attempt pictures in their matchy pj’s. He would not cooperate one bit; even though this was over 3 hours later he was still a man on a mission. Later Karen & Kurt, Josh, Mandy & Jeremy joined us for a lovely afternoon & evening. The godfathers immediately joined in on the train fun. While Mandy & Annabelle rearranged the dollhouse. It was wonderful to have all the kids together playing so nicely. After that, the house was so cluttered I couldn’t pick up the camera again. It was a long, wonderful day.