Anyhow, Santa was REALLY good to the kids this year and left them each a huge present when he stopped by for his annual visit on Christmas Eve...of course we were sleeping, but we knew he came because he ate the cookies and milk the kids left out and how could you miss the presents he left!
All for Tristan!
Just for Parker
All gone!
Victor and I were woke up that morning by Parker's voice blaring through the monitor (he's our early bird) and we immediately checked out the tree and to no surprise Santa had come. We got Parker out of his crib and rushed him past the tree so he wouldn't dive straight into opening presents without his brother. After a little spent in Mommy and Daddy's room, he decided it was time to wake up big brother. And Mommy and Daddy went with him, video camera in hand!
I had to break the video into 5 different clips because it was about 10 minutes long, but definitely take a look if you can becasue it's hilarious...Tristan is NOT a morning person, even on Christmas morning!!!!
As you saw, once Tristan snapped out of his morning funk, he was more than excited about his gift from Santa, even if he still wasn't happy that Santa ate his cookies and drank his milk! I guess the Jeep made up for it. And Parker, well, Santa, just should have kept that car at the North Pole for some other kid because it was only cool for the first two minutes before he spotted his brother's Jeep. And FYI, he's only got in that car a handful of times since Christmas! Oh well, Santa REALLY tried!
After playing int he Jeep for a few minutes, we finally persuaded the kids to go check out their stockings to see if Santa left anything else.
Parker loved his new slippers
He just couldn't walk that great in them!
And he was pretty excited about more cars!!!!
But, they were both drawn back to the "motorcycle" Tristan got from GiGi and PawPaw!
At least, that is until we told them they could get dressed, in warm clothes, (yes, it was actually pretty cold here on Christmas Day!) and go drive the Jeep. Intially Tristan started off without a passenger, but Parker soon decided to join him and now he has a permanent spot in the passenger seat!
Tristan's parking spot he made himself (at the old house)
Here's a little video of the two of them cruising around the neighborhood, had to break this one in 2 parts...
After a morning of Jeep filled driving we got the kids cleaned up and into some Christmas attire so we could have Christmas lunch with our families. TiTi and TiTi Lizzie made it in from Dallas after braving some bad weather and lo and behold it was present opening time again!
And I guess it is true...kids like the boxes that toys come in just as much as the actual toy!!
The kids spent the rest of the day playing and playing and playing! We haven't really bought any new toys since Christmas and they're still amused, so I guess Christmas 2009 was a success!!!! Thanks to all our friends and family for spending the holiday season with us and we can't wait to celebrate next year...hopefully in our new house!!!
