Christmas Fun

Oliver opening a present at our Christmas with his Grandma & Grandpa Shook and Great-Grandma & Grandpa DeLong.

Aunt Wendy & Uncle Bob sent a present out for Oliver. He was very excited to get a package in the mail. He opened it up and it was filled with stickers, markers, crayons, and coloring books. He was in heaven!! Before he even opened it, he was telling us about the stickers Aunt Wendy sent him.

This starts our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day celebrations. We went to church on Christmas Eve and Oliver did very well, especially considering we got the 30 minutes early to make sure we had a seat. This was our best shot at a family picture, every time we'd use the timer, Oliver would have a big smile as soon as the flash went off... So this is what we got.

We opened a few presents after we got home from church. Oliver was very excited about that. He got an ABC puzzle and new pajamas with Lightning McQueen on them. He wore his pajamas to bed (and still has them on at 5:00 on Christmas Day :))

We had been talking about Christmas and baby Jesus and had said after church we would have birthday cake for baby Jesus- so after church we had cupcakes- and Oliver made sure his cupcake had a candle on it, because after all, birthday cakes have candles.

Oliver sitting in his new pajamas before going to bed on Christmas Eve.

Christmas morning Oliver woke us up at 7:20 and we headed out to the living room. He was pretty amazed that Santa had came the night before. He was excited about the train set he got. His stocking was also a big hit. He got a big candy cane filled with Hershey kisses and took it out and said "lick big candy cane." I don't think he thought the plastic tasted as good as a regular candy cane.

He got a table and chairs that he spent a lot of time at today. It has a drawer that holds his crayons, coloring books, and stickers. Another big hit was a Diego puzzle and a train puzzle. I think he has put each together about 50 times today.

We have had a relaxing day of playing, eating candy, and just hanging out. We missed being in Iowa to celebrate with everyone, but we have talked to a few people on the phone and did a skype session with Grandma Steffen, Aunt Kara, Uncle Randy, Alex, Max, Sophie, Henry, Timothy, Uncle Joe, Aunt Renee, & Uncle Dan. The kids were all excited to show each other what things Santa brought them. Oliver used us being distracted by talking as a good chance to climb up and get more Christmas Tree peeps.

We hope everyone's Christmas was as wonderful as ours was. We feel blessed to be able to celebrate as a family (and were glad I wasn't in the hospital having a baby and we were all able to be together). Hopefully the baby will come pretty soon :) Merry Christmas to Everyone!!