During our entire trip to Utah, Brit woke up at least 3 times in the night, and never slept later than 8:30, usually it was 8. But, on Christmas morning he only woke up once, then slept until 9! The one day we think it’s ok for him to wake up, and he slept in. Silly baby. I guess that was his Christmas present to us. He did that on my brithday too, so maybe it’s true.

Per tradition, we all grouped together for a photo before entering the “Christmas Room.”

Of course, Brit wasn’t too excited about anything at first. He did have a big pile of presents and his big toy was laid out, unwrapped, but he needed a little prodding. Once he found out his VTech VSmile Baby toy made sounds when he pushed the different shapes, he was sold and didn’t really care about opening anything else.

It works by itself, or with the tv.

He also loved his bath toy–fishies, froggies and stars

Well, at least he’s doing something with them. Maybe one day he’ll open them up.

Look at all that loot!  His new scrunchie face says it all!

All the girls…and Brit

Playing his VSmile with Daddy. It hooks up to the tv, so when he pushes the shapes, he can learn about shapes, animals, weather, sign language, colors etc.

He also loved chasing Aunt Shaela’s doggies, Kiwi and Ella.

After Breakfast we got food ready for later and celebrated the day with the Whittaker family. We had good food, good company and good “sack” Christmas games. Everyone got cute socks, and a great book, and photos of family moments.It was fun seeing everyone and sharing what we appreciate about each other.

Another tradition is seeing a movie on Christmas day. We saw Marley and Me. It was good, but a lot different that what I was expecting. Very sweet.

We are very thankful for our families, Jesus Christ–His birth, life, death and resurrection–and all that we have as a result. We are very blessed. Merry Christmas everyone!