Part one: Paajanen/Higgins Christmas
We spent the whole day at home! It was so nice! The boys are always overwhelmed by all the presents and Christmas excitement so not having to be anywhere is exactly what we need by the end of the day! We can typically count on one of the boys to have a meltdown! Parker decided it was his turn this year... He was so tired. Even with a nap! What a grand, relaxing day it was! Sad to see it come and go so quickly!
Merry Christmas! Isaac and Parker had these great bean bag chairs waiting for them when they came down stairs. Of course they had to wait for daddy to come home (he worked the 23rd and 24th) before they could do any celebrating!
Blake slept through all the present opening. He woke up in just enough time to open his main present... Rockstar Mickey! Also, this happens to be our only family Christmas picture. Oops!
Thankfully Isaac isn't to the "I want more" stage. He took is time opening and we had to remind him that there were more.
Parker, Parker, Parker.
He woke up a little crabby but snapped out of it pretty quickly. It was funny watching him open presents. After he opened one he would take it in the other room, where there was more space, and play with it. We always had to call him back in for the next one!
Little Blake enjoyed his first Christmas! Too bad he got sick that night and we've had looooooong, sleepless nights since then!
This is how my dad gave my mom two of her gifts. He packed them in his shoes. We laughed but, weren't surprised!
One of my favorites... Mother of Marvelous Sons!
The big guys got "rifles" (an interactive duck hunt)
THE LeapPad!
This was the gift of the year. AND, if we had known that we would have bought it months ago when we first saw it and knew we were going to get it. As of December 2nd every store was completely sold out of it and even the manufacturer was running out. We had people all over the country looking for one. Shaun got an email from Toys R Us about a week and a half before Christmas. It said that they would be getting some LeapPads in the next morning. They wouldn't tell us how many when we called either. We knew this was our only chance. I already had the case and games for this darn thing for goodness sakes! Shaun was leaving for work the next morning so he got up an hour earlier and was at Toys R Us at 4:45. It opened at 6am. He was the 15th person in line (some had even camped out) and they were all waiting for the same thing. Crazy! He made lots of friends and enjoyed listening to all the other stories. He had success! Ahhhh! Our search was over! The hard work paid off... Isaac loves it!
After!
This is the only kind of mess I don't mind! Well, for like an hour and then I had to attack it!
Coming soon... Part two: Higgins/Higgins Christmas
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