Christmas loot and a lost tooth...

Well, the crazy Christmas Season is over! I feel like Christmas is becoming WAAAYYY too commercialized. I know I am guilty at times about losing sight of the real reason for Christmas. Hopefully among all the goodies and presents we can also think about the birth of Christ and his ultimate love for all of us. It is pretty amazing.

Christmas day started about 8:30 a.m. for us. YES! Somehow our kids let us sleep in a little bit! Don't ask me how or why! As for the loot, here is a quick summary...

Elizabeth came out with some accessories for her i-pod, as well as clothes, shoes, games, and art supplies, a skateboard, and guitar picks, among a few other things. (For those of you who don't know, Elizabeth has taken a few guitar lessons and is waiting to be able to start them back up.)

Alesea came out with dolls, stuffed animals, games, clothes, and a toy laptop computer among a few other things.

James mainly came out with anything with wheels on it, and some clothes. After every present he opened, it had to be taken out of the packaging and played with before he would open anything else.

We spent the day at our house being completely lazy and enjoying each others company. A small ham, "funeral" potatoes, corn, and homemade rolls filled our stomachs at dinner.

Last but not least, Alesea lost her very first tooth that evening. As you can see in the picture, her permanent tooth had already started growing in behind it, so she officially did not have a tooth-less smile. She needs to lose the tooth next to it because that permanent tooth is already growing in as well. (To Shawn - my orthodontist friend - do you foresee any problems because of this??? j/k)

We hope all of you had a great and relaxing Christmas and were able to spend valuable time with family. Take care and we hope your new year is great!

Oh, just to elaborate on the crashing Christmas tree from my last post...

Mike woke up at 2:30 in the morning to a crashing sound and checked through the house to find nothing. Except for after he crawled back in to bed he realized he did not check the living room. He got back out of bed and checked the living room to find that our whole Christmas tree had fallen over. He ran upstairs and woke me up to help him. Sappy Christmas tree water had spilled all over our carpet and ornaments had fallen off. We ended up cutting extra limbs off of our tree to fit it in a larger and deeper tree stand. Fun times at 2:30 in the morning.