Christmas!!!

Christmas morning started shortly after 7, when Ez got home from work. The kids opened their stockings and Ez made a yummy breakfast of french toast, eggs, bacon, and orange juice.

This year David, Alexis, and Lily all wanted more expensive gifts for Christmas, and they knew that if they got those gifts, they wouldn't get too many other things from mom and dad. David wanted 2 PSP games--Madden 2009, and NCAA 2009. Alexis wanted a pink Nintendo DS, and Lily wanted the American Girl doll, Elizabeth. They were all so excited to get their presents!

The first 30 minutes or so of gift opening made the morning rather crazy. Alexis opened her DS and was thrilled, but about 10 minutes after opening it, she couldn't find her stylus. David got his first game, went to play it and his PSP decided to stop working. So while we were tearing apart the living room searching for a pink stylus, and trying to figure out how to fix the PSP and calm David's tears, Lily and Joe and Evie tried to be patient. We found the stylus and helped David to relax a bit by letting him open another cool gift--a football jersey. It didn't make up for the PSP problem, but helped!


Alexis and her DS


Lily and Elizabeth




David


The rest of the present opening became a bit of a blur. Our intentions to all take turns opening gifts, taking pictures, that sort of thing kind of deteriorated a bit, but all the presents did officially get opened, everyone was happy, and that was that.

We decided to get a few more gifts for the family this year than we typically do--a couple of moves, a few games (board and Wii), but the biggest excitement was Guitar Hero, with 2 guitars! David was satisfied enough with the family gifts to keep him content the entire day. The kids are now all walking around singing songs like Walk This Way, Moving Out, and I Hate Myself for Loving You.

More photos from the morning:


Evie's fun spinny toy


Loving her new ride on car


Joe was so excited to get his own "PSP"


You can't go wrong with press on nails and a new Webkinz!


David's first Webkinz--the only one he has ever wanted


Trying our her new DS


David and his USC blanket from mom


The girls and their aprons from mom


Part of the aftermath...oh boy!