Christmas is my favorite. Jon and I always set our alarms so we can make sure we’re up and moving before the kids and I think I wake up before my alarm every year. After all the planning and everything that goes into it, I always just get so excited to see their faces.
We always make them wait in our room until everyone is up so they can all come down and see what Santa brought together. Love all three of these blurs running into the room. Ha!
Baby girl! She was SO happy on this day!
Parker’s my kid who almost loves watching everyone else open than opening himself. He was SO happy!
Nathan was OVERJOYED that there was a cowboy hat with his stocking! I don’t think he took it off the rest of the week.
We always do stockings and then stop and have breakfast. Usually because by that time, Mom and Dad really need more coffee. 😉 A little trick I picked up from my parents. Ha! Plus, it gives us a chance to organize all the stuff into boxes so it’s not everywhere when we start opening presents. Stockings are usually smaller gifts because I never want Santa to get the credit for stuff I’m excited to give them. Ha!
Every year, I try to stick to 3-4 presents per kid and every year when it’s all wrapped, I’m like “HOLY COW, there are SO many presents!!” Then I remember that there are three of them now, so that’s a lot. This year, our neighbors also gave the kids gifts, so between them, Nonnie and Papa O and the other O’Brien side grandparents, we had presents coming out of our ears. The kids were SO excited!!
This one always has the best expressions. Ha!
He’s so cute. Every present, he was like, “WHAT?! NATHAN! LOOK AT THIS!”
Eisley would open a present and immediately put it on. Ha!
I found her like this later that morning and I was laughing so hard.
Working on their new Lego sets. Christmas morning is always so chaotic and crazy and fun. I love how we’ve gotten into the habit of doing a really slow, relaxed afternoon afterward. We always drink a lot more coffee, eat a lot more sugar cookies and just play with the new toys or watch some of the new movies. It’s the BEST.
Merry early Christmas!!