"Christmas Morning" at home

Looking for their presents. Whenever they saw one with their name on it, they would say "This is for me!"

I thought this was funny cause they were playing right next to each other. Hailey had four of her dolls lined up, and Max had four of his cars lined up (See next picture).

When I layed Jack down on the floor to play, Max said "He want to play tractors with me." Then he brought some of his tractors over and sat down to play with (by) him. Jack did enjoy watching him and he really likes all the sounds Max makes while playing.

Jack eating his first teething biscuit.

The kids were very excited to give daddy the gift they got him, a tuba ornament. Hailey saw it in the store and just had to get it for daddy for Christmas. They both couldn't wait for him to open it.

Max loved his drum that Hailey got him. As soon as he opened it, he got up and started playing it. It was cute how he did a little march as he walked around playing it.

Opening their shopping cart.

Daddy and Max figuring out how to move the ladder up and down on his new firetruck.

Feeding her "baby that poops".

Jack liked his new toy tray for his Bumbo seat.

Max enjoyed pushing "Nunkie fwiend" (his monkey) around in the shopping cart.

Max woke up at around 8:30 and crawled in bed with us. He didn't even notice all the presents under the tree. Bruce and I were really tired cause we were up till 3:30 last night. We were glad Max wanted to just stay and cuddle. Hailey woke up at about 9:30, and then we all got up. The kids were excited to walk out to the living room and see all the gifts under the tree. They loved looking at all the name tags to see which ones were for them. After checking out all the presents under the tree, they just went to playing with the toys that they got at the Christmas parties. Max lined up his new cars and Hailey lined up her new dolls (the three she got for Christmas and birthday and one that she got last year). I don't think she can ever have enough dolls. She is just like I was when I was little. They played for awhile, and then I told them they could open their stockings while they waited for Nana to show up. They were so excited about the little things they got in their stockings. They played with those until Nana came. Then we had Bruce's cinnamon rolls before opening gifts. Papa had to work but he stopped over for a few minutes for cinnamon rolls too. Jack enjoyed eating a teething biscuit that he got in his stocking. It was the first time he's had anything besides baby food, and he really liked it. The kids wanted to give their gifts they got for each other first. Hailey handed Max his and said "Here open this Max, but it's not a car." (Since this morning as he was pointing to the different presents under the tree, he kept saying "Dis is for me. Dere's a car in dere.") When he heard Hailey say it wasn't a car, he put it down and said "I don't want to open dis, Mommy. Haywee said it's not a car." I was able to easily talk him into still opening it though. He was so excited when he saw it was a drum. He wanted to get it out of the box right away. Hailey smiled as she watched him get all excited about it. He played it as he marched around the room. Next, Hailey wanted to give us the presents that her and Max got us. Hailey was so excited for daddy to open his tuba ornament from her. She saw it in a store and just had to get it for daddy. It was so cute how she thought of him right away when she saw it. She said "Oh, a tuba! We gotta get this for daddy. He will love it! " When he opened it she said "It's a tuba! You hang it on the tree!" The kids were excited to have me open the charms they picked out for my bracelet. The kids opened some gifts from us, and Bruce and I gave our gifts to each other. I was so happy to get a small camera that fits easily in my purse. I was very surprised too cause Bruce always tells me I don't need two cameras. The kids loved their shopping cart and pushed it around the house playing store. Max like that he can push his monkey in it. And Hailey loads it up with "groceries" and then puts one doll in the front seat and another doll in the doll carseat in the back. It's funny cause she loads it up just like we do when we got to the store. The kids sure had fun playing with all their new toys. Hailey had fun feeding her "baby that poops". She thought that was pretty funny. Then she gave her baby a bath. The rest of the day was spent just opening boxes for the kids and letting them play with their new toys. Of course, I had to play with my new camera too and took lots of pictures with it. I also worked on unpacking and laundry while the kids were playing. Bruce had to leave for work around 3:00, and I put Max and Jack down for a late nap. After dinner, the kids had more fun playing with all the new toys. I gave the kids baths before getting ready for bed. I brought Jack in the bathroom with us and sat him in his Bumbo seat with the tray on (one of his presents he got today). He seemed to like that much better since his toys didn't keep falling out of his reach. The tray helps him keep his toys longer instead of dropping to the floor right away, and it seems to help him sit up straighter too. and Max really liked playing with his trains in the tub. And Hailey really enjoyed playing with her dress-up doll stickers for the tub. She organized all the clothes into groups of shirts, pants, and shoes and said it was the store. We each took a girl "shopping" and picked out outfits for them to wear. It was alot of fun.