Whew...Christmas was here, what an amazingly wonderful day :)

Christmas eve was spent with my father. He came over just after 1:00 p.m. We spent the afternoon hanging out, and reliving Christmases past.

Later in the afternoon, I started making my gingerbread cookies. The house smelled wonderful. I hope to make this a tradition. My father reminded me that smells create amazing memories. I hope that when my children are older, they'll remember the wonderful smell of the gingerbread, and instantly think of warm, fuzzies.

For dinner, my dad and I made the BEST turkey chili in the WORLD. While the chili was simmering, we went to look at the local Christmas houses. Manny really got a kick out of them.

Manny went to bed at 8:30 p.m., but the adults didn't go to bed until closer to midnight. By the time my head reached my pillow my body was exhausted from all of the baking and gift wrapping, however I could not fall asleep. I think I was more excited about Santa's visit then Manny ;)

Christian woke us up bright and early around 6:30 a.m. Christmas morning. Manny strolled out of bed about a half an hour later, and quickly started ripping open presents.

Manny must have been a really good boy this year because Santa brought him a TON of gifts. He got some Kung Fu Panda action figures, a new Buzz Lightyear doll, a Bumblebee transformer toy, etc, etc, etc.

Christian got some awesome toys as well, but was more interested in the boxes, and bows.

Soon after breakfast we started to get ready to make our way to Fairfield. I think the boys were absolutely spoiled by their Grand Aunts, Great Grandma and Uncle James. The car was filled up to the brim with toys.

After Fairfield we went to John's moms house, where again, Manny was spoiled. I seriously think that he's going to expect every wrapped gift to be his...haha.

Yesterday was an extremely long day, but it was a wonderful day spent with family. I can't wait to do it all again next year!