Merry Christmas!

Today was so much fun! Exhausting and fun, full of laughter, wonder, and even some tears. We were all pretty excited and woke up early, Miles and I watched the sun rise together from his bedroom and waited until close to 7:00 when Max woke up and Grandma and Grandpa arrived to go downstairs. The first thing he saw was his new bike and he was so excited - he put his new helmet on right away and rode the bike around the room. Then he tore into his stocking and was delighted with everything he found. Then he opened his eagerly awaited Marvel and DC Comic Encylopedias. He received a variety of other great gifts including bug books, Lincoln Logs, legos, action figures, and Matchbox cars, and the day proceeded with a lot of movie watching for Miles along with reading, playing, and a spin on his new bike. Max's big gift was a hand-me-down Learning Table from Miles and he crawled right up to it and enjoyed it. He also got a ball popper which he and Miles had a lot of fun with. Max seemed to not be feeling too well, perhpas a bit of a cold or teething, so he intermittently had lots of fun playing and was also somewhat fussy. For our Christmas dinner, Max didn't care for the mashed potatoes but enjoyed the green bean casserole. He did a lot of independent standing today and walking holding our hands and seemed pretty proud of himself! Today was so much fun with our two little boys surrounded by our family treasuring them.