They bought her a pink Radio Flyer trike that she will love in a couple years. I guess that is tradition of theirs to give all their god children their first trikes (: They also surprised us and bought us a Wii for our family which was beyond nice!!
After they left, we went to church at Old Mamre and it was great for half of it until Cora got hot and frustrated, so I left and walked around outside for awhile and cooled her off. Then her and I stood in the back and sang the Christmas songs there. I still enjoyed it.
Then we headed over to my in-laws and enjoyed spending the evening with everyone. We enjoyed Swedish meatballs once again and all the dishes that everyone made.
Here are my girls waiting to open presents...
Here's Cora who just turned 5 months and Ella who is almost 8 months.
Gift opening, which gets a little crazy and overwhleming, esp. when you have four kids and you are trying to see what each of them get. I still need to go through Jonnie's stuff to see what he got! The Swanson's are very generous and we appreciate it all!
Cora's first talking dolly. She really liked it!
Sitting her in the middle of all the paper. She's not sure what to think.
She'd rather eat it.
Sawyer opening a gift...
Jonnie got two turtles which he was so excited about. He named them Mitch and Marty. They are a good pet for Jonnie!
My beautiful niece Kate!
This is about how I felt, too. Sweet Ella had enough.
Sawyer and the other boys put together some of their trucks and tractors and had fun in the kitchen playing with them.
Cora hanging out with her Uncle Tim. They matched so they looked pretty good together (:
Arriving home the kids got Santa's snack and letter ready and we read our books. This is the first year Jonnie didn't want to sleep in Alaina's room with her and Sawyer. He said he was just tired and wanted to sleep in his own bed. That made me a little sad as it just means he is getting older and the excitement is lessening a little for him. Sawyer slept in her room, though and I think they were sleeping a half hour after I said goodnight. I had some tired kids!
(We didn't have any cookies)
At least someone or some dog enjoyed the crackers. He probably thought I left them out for him! When I caught him he had his big nose in the cup drinking milk-it was hilarious!!
Santa's response...At least this year he didn't say P.S. Rudolph says Hi! (;
Santa arrived and it looks like the he thought the kids were pretty good!
Their stocking were stuffed, too! And I can't wait for morning for them to see and open everything!
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