Merry Christmas!

This Christmas was a lot more exciting for Jarred (and for us to watch) than last Christmas. He actually enjoyed tearing open the gifts though he has been a bit overwhelmed. I think he is finally just starting to sit and enjoy some of the new toys he got over the last couple of days. This year was a first in that we stayed home as a family of 3 on Christmas eve so we could wake up in our own house Christmas morning. It was so nice! We put out the reindeer food on the back porch that Jarred made at school so Santa would be sure to find us.

We put out cookies and milk for Santa. Well, most of it was for Santa...Jarred just had to make sure they tasted ok :) Jarred snuggled in for a good night's sleep to the glow of his Christmas tree. Christmas morning we got up and opened presents here.

He loved his basketball hoop the most. He carried that "bakaball" everywhere with him!
"Move over kitty, I'm comin in!" Then we went to my parents house for the day to spend the day enjoying family.

The day after Christmas Dan's parents came to our house to celebrate. That night the 6 grown-up kids went out to dinner as our gift to each other and Dan's parents spent the evening watching Jarred and Ethan. It was a very busy, but happy, Christmas!