This morning was just downright awesome. We let Hayden dive right into the great presents Santa left him and he loved all of it. Here's a rundown of what he got: a scooter, a space shuttle, moon set, helecopter, garbage truck, igloo tent, 4 puzzles, 4 games, art supplies, clothes, shoes, Trio blocks, Transformers, sunglasses, army men, lightsabers (Daddy's special gift), books, trains, and a space movie. I think I forgot some of it but you get the idea. He was happy just to get the first thing he opened and it took him a while to open all of his gifts. We just hung out looking at each thing and we let him open things at his own pace.
After he opened all but about 4 gifts, we went to TTT for breakfast and had a wonderful meal, as usual. Going there for breakfast on Christmas has become a tradition and we really enjoyed it, as did Francesca and Mike. When we got home, Hayden opened his last few presents and then promptly passed out for a while in our bed. The rest of today has just been about playing with all of the new toys, relaxing as a family and soon we will have our huge Turkey feast with all the trimmings. It has been a little bit of a challenge trying to adjust the holiday menu to accomidate Hayden's dairy allergy, but we are getting used to it. I have set aside portions of each dish to make on their own with soymilk and it seems to work just fine. All in all, I am just so happy with how things are going for us this year and I can't say it enough...we are truly blessed with our sweet, intelligent, funny little boy and Christmas just reminds me of it all over again. It's now 3 weeks until the big boy's birthday and I can't be more excited about that either!!!
I apoligize that the pictures aren't in order but you get the idea! I am off to continue the fun and help get the last minute foods we need ready, so MERRY CHRISTMAS and look for snow pictures and other pictures of our adventures this weekend with our visitors. Love to you all!!!
