Christmas Morning 2010

Lets just say it was a success! Look at that face!


Christmas morning was a very merry one this year! And this was an awesome age to enjoy the "idea" of Santa Clause! As I said before in one of my last posts, Elem did get a nice case of the stomach virus bug on the 23rd, so we spent much of that day hanging out on the couch and over the trash can and toilet :(. Luckily, we spent a good amount of time on the 24th recovering. So although we weren't able to spend Christmas Eve with the majority of the extended family at Aunt Nancy's (in hopes of preventing anyone else from getting sick!), we were able to spend time together and still get ready for Christmas morning. By late Christmas Eve, Elem was finally starting to come around, and he was BEYOND excited about Santa and the sleigh and the reindeer coming to the house. As you can tell he was feeling much much better by bed time and he was on a mission for Santa to hurry up and get here with the presents.


Seth and I didn't go too all out on Christmas this year, because we really wanted Elem to enjoy everything he got. And the only thing he really wanted from Santa was a "big basketball goal". Which we had planned on asking Santa to get for him. But after much thought we did realize that he is just still a tad bit too small to get the real deal to go in the driveway. So hopefully, Santa is going to make a mid year/ birthday drop off with that slightly delayed present. A couple more inches and he MIGHT be able to make it in a big goal, but we really didnt want to cause an opportunity for disappointment with not being able to make it in the basket. So we stuck to indoor stuff this year! And stuff that we knew he was interested in.


Here are a couple of videos from Christmas morning when Elem first woke up!



My favorite part about christmas morning and watching Elem open his presents was how with every single one he would say " I hope its a ..." and then once he was opening it and could see a tiny bit of it, he would switch and say what the actual present was. It was so sweet and adorable! haha" And at the end of the second video Elem got exactly what he wanted from Santa-A D. Wayde jersey...and shows his excitement with a nice little move. Youll have to watch and see! But immediately following he walks up to me in disappointment because he is noticing that there might not be any more presents. Haha. So funny but such the actions of a preschooler!



Elem got hooked up with some major pro-basketball player gear-as you can see his super cool headband and wristbands! Good job Santa, that was a fabulous last minute pick. And he was so happy when he noticed the stockings full of goodies. Of course Santa visited Sage too, and Elem was so funny running and giving Sage her stocking and hooking her up with all her toys that she got from Santa. He loved it!


One other thing Elem really wanted for Christmas was a pirate eye patch. And luckily Santa was able to find it. At the last minute. In the most strangest of places. But it still made Elem happy on Christmas morning. ha!


You wont see any pictures of Seth and I on Christmas morning, because shortly after about an hour of opening presents and enjoying seeing Elem's face when he saw everything, mommy got sick. And it was a not so fun filled day of Christmas activities for me. Back to being over the trash can and over the toilet. So since I am the picture taker, not many more pictures got taken, and there was no way I was going to take a family picture! Although it broke my heart not to have one from Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. But I was there and we all had a good time. Guess you can't predict illness and since it rarely knocks on our door, I can't complain too much! So my happy thought of Christmas includes mainly getting to spend time with family and seeing Elem's face knowing that he had been a good boy and Santa came to HIS house, and left special presents for HIM, that Santa had made or got just for HIM. It is truly such a great part of being a parent, and one of my favorite parts of being a mom, to see Elem be genuinely happy and innocent in his thoughts, expressions, and mannerisms. Seeing him be thankful and happy and smile was just enough!

So Merry Christmas to us (courtesy of a second shot the night my parents were here)


*on another side note-Seth and I did not get each other presents this year, with the hopes that we would be getting our tatoos finally filled in "in Elem's box" on our arms. So hopefully sometime in the next month or so, we can get that done. We have been wanting to do it for so long now, and figured why spend money on anything else, when this is what we want! Now we just have to find time to get it done. Elem loves knowing that he has a box on each of our arms and refers to them all the time as "my box". He knows it is there for him and it is special. Just got to get it filled and then I will post pics!