There were terrible thunderstorms overnight on Christmas Eve and Emily ended up waking up a few times during the night. I thought for sure that meant we'd be up super early Christmas morning, but Em didn't end up waking up until around 6:45 (from a huge thunder clap). Evan still woke up bright and early around 6:00. We headed downstairs to see what Santa brought and Em was super excited. This really was the first year that she "got" Santa and knew he would be coming.
We went pretty simple with gifts this year. Em's big Santa gift was a new dollhouse and Evan got an alphabet train.
Em had just as much fun opening Evan's gifts as she did opening her own gifts.
Along with their big Santa gifts, Em got some games, a dr's kit, rain boots, clothes, hooded towel, books, etc. Evan got lots of cars, books, a musical bubble machine for the tub, clothes, etc.
Poor guy tuckered out pretty quickly.
Each year Shawn buys Emily a special charm for her charm bracelet. This was her charm this year.
Shawn and I exchanged gifts as well. Shawn got a Keurig coffee maker, lots of K cups and K cup carousel. He got me 3 large canvas pictures of both kids newborn pics. I've been wanting to hang pictures from each of the kids photo sessions on the wall going up the stairs. Shawn got me started with the newborn pics.
After we finished opening gifts up at home, we got ready to head out for the rest of the day. The first stop was to Mimi and Papa's house. By now it was still just raining, but we knew snow was on the horizon.
We ate lunch at my parents house and then started the drive to Burleson early afternoon for our 3rd Christmas of the day with Shawn's mom and stepdad. We got lucky and both kids took a nap in the car. By now the flurries had started!
All the cousins (minus Jordan and Cameron who were in Austin and Evan)
My 2 handsome guys
The whole group (minus Granny who had left already)
We left Burleson around 7:00 and started the long drive back. By now it had snowed quite a bit and the roads had frozen over. It's normally an hour drive home for us, but with all the ice, it took us 2 hours to get home. We saw a ton of accidents on the way home. Nearly every overpass had a firetruck or police car on it due to all the accidents. Even though it was a long day, we had a great time celebrating with all of our family. But I am glad we don't have to do it all again for another year. :)
I didn't get a picture of the snow as it was coming down, but here's what our backyard looked like the next morning.
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