I absolutely love Christmas time! I have always enjoyed it, but since having children, my delight in this special time of year has grown exponentially. I especially love that it provides for us as a family, the opportunity to spend a large amount of quality time together. I did not think it was possible, but I actually fell more in love with our precious boys over the Christmas break. Having time to spend with them without worrying about a schedule or rushing from place to place was such a huge blessing! ( Of course, it did not hurt that Austin and Micah got along with each other incredibly well the entire break. ;-)
The morning of Christmas Eve, we headed over to Nonna and Papa's house (my parents) to celebrate Christmas with them and Brian and Ashley. The boys were so excited.
Micah was really into Christmas this year and his eyes were bright and sparkling with excitement for most of the day (the whole week really ;-). 
Austin had been eagerly anticipating Christmas for literally months. He even wrote a letter to Santa back in July. ;-)
My little goofball loves to make people laugh!
Nonna scored a home run with these Toy Story toys for Micah. He LOVES them and played with them all day.
Our yearly attempt at a family photo in front of Nonna's tree.
Micah loved all of the ornaments on Nonna's tree.
Micah and Uncle Brian are big buddies since Brian sneaks him lots of sweets and candy behind my back. ;-)
On Christmas morning, the boys were so excited to run downstairs and see if Santa had come. The big man did not disappoint. Austin and Micah were kind enough to humor me with a photo in front of the tree before they began unwrapping their presents.
We had told Austin that Santa brings each child two gifts so that there is enough to go around. ( and frankly, they already get enough from all the relatives ;-) Whenever he talked to Santa or wrote him a letter, he consistently said that his #1 request was a "Cars 2 Race Track". Therefore, he was absolutely thrilled when he opened this Slot Track from the Jolly Old Elf. ;-)
His #2 item wavered briefly, but the majority of the time it was a Toy Story Woody. After opening it, Austin proclaimed that he must have been a really good boy this year to have gotten both items that he asked Santa for. ;-)
Micah was far less specific with his requests, simply saying he wanted an "uck" from Santa. Luckily, Santa got some guidance from mom and dad and Micah was happy with the toys that received as well.
This is how they spent a large portion of their Christmas break. ;-)
After church, we headed out to Walker's parents' house to have Christmas lunch with them and Walker's sister's family. It was a bit chaotic with all the children unwrapping at the same time, so I was not able to get many good pictures. The boys had lots of fun playing with their cousins.
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Micah looks so excited!
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