Christmas Morning

I gave the boys a rule that they could not get up until seven the next morning. At 6:55am I hear little feet and whispers coming down the stairs. I know I had the biggest smile listening to them. They quickly ran to our room to get us up. They were beside themselves with excitement.

The kids get three gifts because Jesus received three gifts from the Wisemen. They get one from Santa                        and two from us. Here are their Santa gifts!

I bet there were not many 8 year olds that asked for chest waders for duck hunting. I cannot count how many times he put these on that day.

The only thing Nolan asked for this year was "Rock and roll drums."

If you are coming to visit us anytime soon you may want to bring some ear plugs! He asked for these last year too so Santa had to make them this year.

Ella loves her kitchen! The picture with the apron is my favorite!!!!! 

Our first Christmas with Ella has been AMAZING!

She had some dress up shoes in her stocking!

Nathaniel also got a new Bible and Bible cover. He has been asking for a "Real" Bible this year instead of a kiddy one. He has also been asking for black tennis shoes and socks because that is the "cool" thing to wear these days. I guess I am getting old because I still think the other tennis shoes with white socks look better. I cannot count how many times he hugged me and thanked me.

Nathaniel said, "We hit the jackpot!"

Like I said earlier Nolan only asked for drums so he was more of a challenge to buy for. We were in Walmart one day and he spotted this float plane and he yelled with excitement, " That is a plane like Grandaddy flew on in Alaska!" There was only one so while he was looking at something else I hid it behind some other toys and came back for it. Thank goodness it was still there!

Grandaddy is very missed this year. 

Nolan also got a Rip Rider Razor trike but for some reason I missed a picture of it. I think I was videoing. 

Nolan said, "His dream came true!"

I was so excited to find the asian Cabbage Patch Big sister little sister dolls. 

Ella is all about some Dora these days. She was singing us a tune!

Nat is so hard to surprise. But I got him this year! I had a quilt made from all his fraternity and college tshirts that had been sitting in the attic for years. He liked it a lot!

Nat got me this cute little hat and a sweater. I had given him some good hints. 

All the presents are great and all but I have to say I got all I wanted and that was Ella's adoption finalized. 

One of my favorite things about Christmas is sharing Jesus with the kids. To hear your one year old say Jesus for the first time is just AWESOME!

Merry Christmas!