Christmas Morning

We all got up the next morning and opened our presents. It was fun to watch William. He did rip some of the paper and he got excited when he “heard” what we got for him, so that was fun to see. We got him a xylophone and then a John Deer phone and set of keys. The phone makes noises and so do the keys. They make beep noises like when you lock your car. William loves phones. He knows when our phone at home rings and it’s so fun to watch him perk up and look and listen. If I put it on speaker phone, he talks away with whoever is on the other line. He really is a people person.

Of course we couldn't forget about the dogs. I got them dog biscuites from a pet bakery in St. Charles. They were decorated with doggie icing and everything. As you can see they loved them.

The last present we gave were the shoeboxes. This is going to be one of our traditions. When Russ's mom and dad were kids the only thing they got for Christmas was a shoebox filled with nuts and fruit and candy. So every year that is one of the things our kids will get as well. Their shoeboxes will also have a special ornament that represents something about them. The idea being that when they leave home they'll have all the ornaments to take with them.