I have video of Joshua looking through his stocking and opening his presents that I will have to post later. He got a toy cell phone in his stocking that he LOVES and he didn't want to do anything else after he found it.
He also got a new hat and gloves, a new belt (which is still too big for him, we found out today), new pajamas, some new toys, VeggieTales videos, and an Elmo plush doll, which he also LOVES! He was cracking us up with his babbling comments after he opened each present. Mostly, it was some form of "Oooo" and "Ahhh", which mostly sounded like "oo-OO-oo," with his voice inflection going up in the middle. It was pretty cute.
Then it was off to Grandma and Grandpa Pratt's house for the rest of the day. My brother and his family were there, too, and we all had fun times.
You can see in this picture the traditional bopper balloons and sugar cereal. Growing up, we hardly ever got sugar cereal, so for Christmas breakfast we could have whatever cereal we wanted. My favorite was always Lucky Charms.
Opening presents at Grandma's house.
You can see Kevin and Taylor taking careful aim at Adam, preparing to make use of the traditional Nerf guns. Johsua and Ryan are vying for the other Nerf gun.
Joshua got a fun farm tractor with a wagon from his cousins. He also got some cute new clothes, some books, and a little folding table and chairs from Grandma and Grandpa.
The kids had fun playing with a lawn game my parents got.
Elmo had fun taking pictures.
We played games, relaxed and looked incredulously as it continued to snow off and on throughout the afternoon.
We had a yummy ham dinner before Kevin had to leave for work. All in all, we had a nice relaxing day, and I'm glad we could spend Christmas with family. Joshua doesn't quite understand the concept of Christmas yet, but he had fun opening his presents and playing with his cousins and his new toys.
Adam took this picture of Joshua before he woke up the morning after Christmas. You can see him cuddling Elmo while he sleeps. Joshua loves his Elmo, and it makes us laugh every time he tries to say "Elmo" (El-MOH, usually shouted, while elongating the last syllable).
Yesterday, Erik and Gina (Adam's brother and sister-in-law) briefly came over to exchange gifts. They live in Yakima, along with Adam's parents, and were in town visiting Gina's family for Christmas. While Yakima isn't that far away, the mountains make it difficult to get over there, especially in the winter. We miss seeing Adam's family that live over the mountains, so it was good to see them, if only for a little while.
I have really enjoyed the Christmas season this year. We kept things pretty simple, and it was great to be with family and friends, listen to Christmas music, participate in Christmas traditions, and have a feeling of Christmas Cheer this past month.
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