Christmas seemed to go by very quickly this year.  It would take too long to write about all of our adventures, but here are a few of my favorite memories:

On Christmas eve, we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house.  Gillian was the last one opening presents.  Because every present she opened she would say “I love it!”  Then hug whatever she got.  She did it with everything. 

Grandma made Gillian an upside down doll (it’s a doll that doesn’t have feet, when you flip up her skirt there’s another baby on the other side).  Gillian named her sleeping doll “Ba-nana” and as she says “the wake up baby, Ba-neeny.”  Silly names, but it was the first time she has named any of her baby dolls. 

Christmas morning, Daddy woke up me and said “Their awake!”  I could hear John waking up Gillian saying “It’s Christmas!”  Then they came running into our room to wake us up.  “It’s Christmas wake up!”

We all went downstairs to see if Santa came.  They went running towards the big pile of presents.  Gillian wasn’t slow to open her gifts, but John was more methodical.  He opened everything from Santa and was a little sad.  We asked him why he was so sad.  He said “Because I didn’t get Skylanders Swap Force.  The one thing I asked Santa for!”  We told him to get the gifts from Mommy and Daddy and open them.  He was very happy to see that he got Swap Force. 

We went to Mimi and Poppy’s house in the late morning on Christmas.  After opening presents there, Gillian stood up and said “Is there anymore presents for me?”

Uncle Jay and Nicole brought John and Gillian gifts.  John loved his Superman toy so much that he had to put his coat on and take it outside.  He was joined by Uncle Jay, Daddy and Uncle T.  I love that all the boys had to try out the new toy too!

The morning after Christmas as I was getting John dressed, he said to me “I wish everyday could be Christmas!”  Me too, John.  Me too.