Christmas Morning

It's funny how things change when you have a child, isn't it?

Josh and I decided to just give each other something small this year,

but honestly I would have been okay not getting anything.

I was more excited about watching Noah open his stocking & gifts.

Josh had to work Christmas Eve, so when he got off work Christmas

morning around six, he came home and got busy in the kitchen

making us some breakfast sandwiches. These sandwiches {which

are amazing by the way!} are what Josh grew up eating on Christmas

morning, so we decided to keep that tradition in our own family.

Sooo yummy!

We all sat down together and stuffed our faces!

Noah loved the breakfast sandwiches! In fact, I think it was his

very first time to taste the famous Bonjour Christmas sandwiches.

Not long after we finished eating, Noah climbed up on one

of the kitchen barstools so he could turn on the faucet and play

in the water. That boy loves to play in the kitchen sink!

You can tell by the look on his face in the first

picture he knows he isn't supposed to be up there.

And he got caught by Daddy!

And yes, Noah is wearing mummy pj's. Ha

I looked and looked for some cute Christmas pajamas

and couldn't find any! Even Walmart, of all places, was out.

Oh well. Guess I didn't look early enough.

Anyway, before we opened up stockings and presents,

we all sat down together and Daddy read the Christmas story.

It was a wonderful, quiet moment we spent together

reflecting on the birth of Jesus Christ.

And then Noah opened up his stocking. When we first gave it to him,

it was funny because he really didn't know what it was all about.

But it didn't take him long to figure it out.

He loved all of his stocking stuffers! He got

lots and lots of Toy Story stuff, a few cars, some

candy, a paint brush set, and a squishy ball. :)

Santa did good!

Noah loved the pound-a-ball toy he got.

He had so much fun hitting the balls with the

hammer and watching them go through the holes

onto the ramps that took them to the bottom.

He loved it so much, he didn't even care about

any of the other presents he had. Ha.

And then he saw Woody, and Buzz, and Jessie,

and Bullseye and all the other Toy Story characters...

and couldn't wait for Daddy to open up the box!

We spent a lot of the morning watching

Noah play with all of his new toys. So much fun!

It was a wonderful Christmas morning!