Christmas!

Presents are wrapped and everything is set for Christmas morning.

Niko was the first up. He was feeling extra loving and was giving daddy lots of hugs!!

Pepper unwrapping her dollhouse

All the boys wanted for Christmas was a Southwest plane set. When Skylar woke up he ran to the tree and immediately sought out the package with the plane. He looked around and, sure enough, he picked the right one.

Niko has been saying every day for a month, "When it's Christmas we will get my plane, maybe," an interesting mixture of confidence and playing along with our attempts to not heighten expectations. When he woke up, he asked if we could go the store today to buy the plane... I don't think he fully understood how Christmas works. He was very happy to find the plane set among his gifts and has not put the plane down since opening it. With his other favorite gift, a small stuffed black cat he named "Sparkle", the same name he gave himself dressed up in his halloween black cat costume, he has said over and over today that he is just so happy. He is so darn cute, and keeping in his form of always seeming the get the spirit of holidays as with his birthday and others.

A little shot of after presents opening and everyone with their toys.  Merry Christmas everyone we love and miss you all!!