Christmas Day

Christmas morning Joe and I did not want to miss any of the action, so we actually set an alarm, got ready, and headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Devereaux's. Wouldn't you know that Ephraim was awake when we got there, but Jacob was still out cold.

We left the bedroom door open a little bit and he woke up. Since all the presents were wrapped and the Santa presents were hidden, we managed to have breakfast before we opened presents! First we gave the boys their gifts from Santa. We told the boys that Santa left their presents at Great Grandpa Sabey's house where Mommy and Daddy were sleeping. Both of the boys were very excited by the new sets of Duplos they got.

Jacob had specifically asked Santa to bring him Legos this year, so he was really happy with the tanker truck and Mac truck that he and Ephraim got.

The boys also got some little laptop computers, which the adults had to try out as well (or at least some of the adults!).

Ephraim was especially interested in his computer, but of course he loves anything with buttons. It will probably be a little while before he is really proficient at playing with it, but he is persistent enough that I am sure he will figure it out.

The rest of us got lots of great presents too. Here is Joe about to open his traditional new shirt and pants. As you can see from the picture, he was also using our new HD video recorder to capture our Christmas. Maybe I'll have to see about uploading some video later.

The boys got so many nice presents. They got books, clothes, Play-Doh, coloring books, crayons, a little white board with dry erase markers/crayons, ornaments, underwear, board games... and I'm probably leaving something out! They had so much fun opening all their presents.

The presents that I was most excited about was the ones I made for my boys. I made each of the boys their own super hero cape. They turned out really great and the boys were really excited about them.

The capes are reversible and have the boy's letter on one side. The other side of Jacob's cape is black and has the batman symbol on it. Ephraim's cape is red on the other side with the logo for the flash. The capes fasten with velcro, so the boys can put them on and take them off by themselves. So nice!

I also made the boys some fun seek and find bags for when they need to be quiet at church. Hopefully they enjoy those almost as much as the capes.

I got some nice presents as well. There was a whole box of the cutest little girl clothes for the baby, and a nice blanket that Aunt Emily made. I got a pretty dress that I can't wait to wear (after I have the baby). Joe surprised me by giving me a jawbone headset for my cell phone, which will be really handy. Now I will be able to talk on the phone and still get other things done. It will be fun to be able to chat while getting boring things done, like the ironing. :o)

So we all had a great day. Ephraim was finally at the age where he thought opening presents was fun and he ripped the paper right off, so he was fun to watch.

Of course we played with our presents after opening them. Ephraim was tired and ended up taking a late morning nap. We decided that the reason Ephraim had seemed more grouchy than normal while at Grandpa and Grandma's house was because he wasn't sleeping well with Jacob. We figured out last night that Ephraim kept falling off the bed multiple times each night. No wonder he was grouchy. He told Emily that Jacob kept pushing him off the bed! So we decided to let Ephraim sleep on the bed by himself while Jacob slept on a futon (a.k.a crouton) at the foot of Grandma and Grandpa's bed. Hopefully that works out better.

Ephraim woke up from his nap just in time for a yummy Christmas dinner, complete with ham and pecan pie. So tasty! I also got to talk to my family on the phone for a while. So we had a fun and Merry Christmas, and hope you did too!