Christmas Morning

We had an amazing Christmas this year, not because of any of the presents under the tree. It's because this was Ruark's first Christmas. Everyone said "don't get too excited, he'll only like the boxes and wrapping paper". So not true with my son, he loved his toys!! He was squealing with delight when he saw them. I think the reason people were thinking that way is because most children aren't almost a year old for their first Christmas. Here are some pictures, we did mostly video this year.

This is the dog that Ruark was so excited about. We found it at Kohl's before Christmas and he LOVED it. He didn't know that I bought it for him. When he started unwrapping it he started squealing when he saw it was his dog. He was screaming and smiling while we tried to hurry and get it out of the box. It's a pretty cool toy, you plug it into the computer and program your child's name and favorite things to do and it sings him songs all about them. He was pretty excited.

The stockings were stuffed by the chimmney with care...

He had been playing with these balls through the plastic for a week or so before Christmas, he found the stash of presents. But I wouldn't open them until Christmas morning. So poor little boy pulled these pack of balls around the house inside the plastic. He was so happy when he finally got them out!

Christmas morning, in his Christmas jammies. We do new pajamas on Christmas Eve every year. Love his bed head hair!

We stayed home all day, playing with toys and enjoying being together as a family. We made dinner for my side of the family and had a really good time feeling the joy of the season.