All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!

Guess what Carson got for Christmas? You're right...believe it or not his two front teeth came in on Christmas Even and Christmas Day!

We were very excited to stay home for Christmas for the first time in three years and have family come visit us. Boy, did we have family here! The week of Christmas Tracy’s parents came to visit. We didn’t do too many activities…a nice dinner out one night and a trip to Mike’s office and the playground at Centennial Park but mostly just spent time at home, baked cookies and enjoyed each other’s company. Click HERE for more pictures.

I was afraid that the Christmas tree was going to be a problem with an 10-month old, but since Carson was just starting to move it wasn’t too bad. Collin was very excited about Santa and presents and this year wanted everything “cool” he saw in the stores. On Christmas Eve morning Collin got dressed all by himself before he came in our room (a first!) since Santa mentioned in his letter that Collin was improving on getting dressed by himself.

We went to 4:00 mass on Christmas Eve and had lasagna for dinner afterwards. Despite the fact that we got there at 3:30 for a 4:00 service, the church was packed and we sat on the stairs in the balcony. After signing some Christmas carols, we each were allowed to open one gift Christmas Eve – Collin picked out the gifts he made Mike & I for us to open. Since I opened my real gift from him (a beaded wreath necklace that he made at school) early so I could wear it daily (he would bring it to me and remind me if I forgot to put It on), he drew me a cute picture of me that I opened. Collin wanted to put out 4 cookies for Santa (very generous) and carrots and celery for the reindeer.

Christmas morning was great and we enjoyed opening presents. Carson stayed up for most of it and was probably interested in the wrapping paper as much as anything else, but did like his Activity table and basketball net. Collin’s favorite gift was a pirate ship from Nana & Papa, but he got some transformers and other nice gifts too. We had Turkey & fixings on the good china for Christmas dinner...a group effort.