Christmas Day!

Everyone was excited to open presents on Christmas morning! Becky got up earlier than the rest and made a very nice breakfast, so we all woke up to the smell of blueberry muffins, hot chocolate, and scrambled eggs. It was so yummy! When everyone was ready we started in on the presents. All three of the little boys were so happy about each new toy or book, and as soon as it was open, they wanted to play with it. They were also very good about sharing their new things with each other. Ashton literally climbed on top of Carter's mountain of presents to share a toy with him.

In their matching pajamas, Carter and Ashton look like twins! (At least I think so...)

For Ashton, opening a present was very slow and methodical, but he wanted to do it all himself. Preston had the job of taking the bows and paper scraps to Grandpa. You can see his little hand getting the bow from Ashton.

Tyler's family does presents just like mine: taking turns from youngest to oldest, and everyone watches what all the others get. (It's totally more fun this way, people!) But apparently it was pretty boring for the babies, because Ashton wandered off. We noticed him dancing around in the background with the elf hat on a few minutes later. Too funny.

Everyone had so many presents! Between Tyler and everybody else, I got everything I could have wanted and more. (There will definitely be more on this subject later...) For the rest of the day we lounged about and enjoyed all of our new things.

We also sat by the piano, and Tyler played while everyone sang Christmas songs. Carter and Ashton were dancing around, and then Carter tackled Ashton with a big Christmas hug. I seriously love watching them together.

Just before bedtime, Aunt Laura and her family stopped by to show us their special Christmas present--two adorable wiener-dog puppies! One girl and one boy. They were so cute! Ashton really liked them, except when they tried to lick his face.

It's funny how Christmas seems to take forever to come, but then it's over super fast. Now we have a whole year more to wait...

Merry Christmas!!!