Merry Christmas!

We had a really great Christmas this year! The kids are really starting to catch on and it's making it fun for me all over again. This year we went to Grandpa and Grandma Morgan's house for Christmas eve dinner. It was a very relaxing, no stress, enjoyable evening. Bammy (Grandma) made the kids jammies to open after dinner and wear that night. They looked so cute! After dinner we also had the Morgan family gift exchange. Keyana was so excited to get the Barbie from her Barbie Christmas Carol movie. Kaiden was overjoyed with 4 sharkies! He then had to sleep with them that night. Matthew was just content to shred everyone's left over paper. After we got home, we set out the stockings and left some treats for Santa. Getting the kids to bed that night was the easiest time we've ever had, let alone for Christmas! We tucked both of the big kids in to PJ's bed together and turned on a Christmas movie for them. We still had a little wrapping to do so we put up a gate just in case they got out of bed, but we didn't hear a peep from them the rest of the night! Tattoo, of course, was unconscious by the time we got home. Christmas morning was great as well. Santa brought PJ a bike and Kaiden a GIANT dinosaur. We tried to get to Granny and Papa Coffey's house but didn't want to get stuck in the storm so we just chilled at home for the day. It was probably our first relaxing Christmas since we've been married! We did however make it over to Granny and Papa's house the day after. PJ was so excited to get the Diamond Princess Barbie from Papa and also a cute Cinderella hoodie from Granny and Papa. The kids were also able to completely coat their living room floor with a fine layer of Nerds! All in all, we had a great Christmas! Happy New Year!

Decorations

We've had a really great time decorating this year for Christmas. New house, some new decorations and a new helper! Even though this is Matthew's second Christmas, he was pretty much an invalid last year so we're counting it as his first. This first picture is our outdoor Christmas lights. We're kind of the Griswold house of the neighborhood. Hee hee! It's kind of fun! Anyway, this second picture is of our little Christmas elf with our village in the background. Kaiden thinks that the village is his personal supply of toys. Every day I find pieces rearranged or pieces in his room. Silly boy! Our final picture is of our Christmas tree. The only reason I could possibly come up with for not liking our house (besides not having a fireplace!) is that the ceilings were too short for our 9 foot Christmas tree we'd just bought last year. I was thinking that it was going to be a total waste. But handy dandy Nathan said that he'd take care of it and sure enough, one day I came home from work to find our 9 foot tree fitting into an 8 foot space! He's amazing! Also, I added this picture because it looks like it's just glowing!

Early Christmas

We've decided that small town life is more exciting than we thought. A little over a week ago, Santa came riding around our neighborhood in a fire truck! He was also handing out candy on his second time around but I had to run off to work as soon as we saw him, so we didn't get the candy. Of course Kaiden thought this was wonderful because he loves fire trucks, but PJ was the most excited. She's been really stressed since we moved, thinking that Santa wouldn't find her at her new house. She told him that she had moved when we went to talk to him at the mall, but she was still very worried. This, however, was her opportunity to SHOW Santa where she lived. Since then, it hasn't really been an issue of Santa finding her house any more!

Dinosaur Band-Aid

Poor little guy! Last Tuesday Kaiden threw one of his hissy fits while I was in the process of pulling him up. You do the math, Kaiden flopping one direction while Mommy's pulling in the other direction. Yes, we ended up with a dislocated elbow. The way he was acting, though, we thought there could possible be a break somewhere in there so we ended up spending the evening in the emergency room. 3 hours and 1 x-ray later we left with a much better little boy, a popsicle and a "dinosaur band-aid." We'll just have to be a lot more careful in the future because the doctor told us that now that it has been dislocated once, it is very likely to happen again. Yikes!