Christmas 2010

was FUN. grandma & grandpa pierse came down which seemed to elevate the whole holiday...everything seems more special when you share it with family.

so thanks again grandma & grandpa.

as the lu would say, "we very miss you already."

clay & i stuck to our plan of 3 gifts from us (including santa) since baby Jesus received 3 gifts. the kids get one big gift from santa, one book about Christmas from santa, and one gift from mom & dad. then they get spoiled by their cousins, aunts & uncles & grandparents.

the before...post santa, pre-wake up.

the boy got a chair of his own. he has been fighting with luci over her chair for months now.

but no longer!

and the girl got her purple bike.

she was happy, i swear.
a bit overwhelmed i think, but happy.

and another favorite gift...the scooter from grammy & grampy that is in that big box.

and one of the boy's favorite gifts...a big, giant, super soft dog from cousin austyn, uncle ben & aunt chelsi. he puts his head down on it as if to hug it often. sometimes he plops right down on the whole thing & moves his whole body so that it looks like he's swimming!

luci named the dog fred.

gus got up first, but grandma got up with him before clay or i heard him (thanks grandma). later (7ish?!?!) luci came in our room and said, "we got presents! i got a bike!!". clay & i jumped up, put on our glasses & headed downstairs. we/santa were just as excited to give her the bike than she was to receive it. she loved it, but really just seemed sort of overwhelmed by it all. and in true baby/toddler fashion, gus just seemed happy to be along for the ride.

it was a blessed day, for sure.