Christmas Vacay - Christmas Day

This is the first time that we have spent Christmas Day with just our little family.  It was very bittersweet.  While it was wonderful to sleep in our own beds, and kind of move at our own pace throughout the day, it was definitely sad to not be with any family.

The kids actually slept in till 7:30 on Christmas morning, which was nothing short of a miracle.  Miley has regularly been waking up between 6:00 and 6:30 for quite some time now, so we definitely appreciated her sleeping in on Christmas morning (she actually did it through much of the break, which was strange, but wonderful!).  I actually was awake at about 6:30 wondering when kids would wake up, and finally at about 7:15 I figured I would get up and put some makeup on (for all those Christmas pictures, ya know) and go downstairs to read until the rest of the clan woke up.  But as soon as Miley heard me leave my room she jumped up and the fun began.

The kids were thrilled with their stockings and their presents from Santa.  After they played with those for a while, we sat down for a breakfast of monkey bread and scrambled eggs.  After that, Miley couldn't contain her excitement anymore and was dying to open gifts from the family.

Everyone was so generous this year, and we all received wonderful gifts!  The kids truly wanted to open each thing, take it out of the box, and play with it before moving on to the next.  They got lots of fun books, toys, and clothes and loved all of it.  Miley loved trying to help everyone open their presents, so she probably did about 75% of the unwrapping, but Landon got really into it as well.

Once again, major picture overload here....but I narrowed it down as much as I could!

For Cameron's big gift this year, I got him a North Face jacket, which he has been loving.  For my big gift, Cameron got me my first iPhone!  I was so surprised.  I had put in on my list as kind of a joke (I mean, I really did want one and have been wanting one for a while), but did not think in a million years I would be getting one, because we had decided that a smart phone for me was a big "WANT" and definitely not a "NEED."  The pictures below show my surprise pretty well.  :)

For the rest of the day, we just relaxed and spent time playing with all of our new things and just enjoying each other.  Cameron and I managed to pull off our first real, solo turkey dinner, and it turned out pretty well.  It was a wonderful day, and it was so much fun to enjoy it with our little family.