He Knows When You Are Sleeping...& When You Are in AL!

Santa sure knew our exact location this Christmas. Jack was sure to tell him when we visited him at the mall earlier in the month. Please excuse the first image (no personal cameras allowed at Santa's mall office.)



The boys were up early and happy to see that Santa did, indeed, know exactly where we were on Christmas day (at Meemaw's house.) As you can see, Santa's sleigh was weighed down heavily by the numerous wonderful gifts that the boys received.




Both boys loved all of their gifts and excited played with as many as they could during the morning before we headed out to Aunt Ginny & Uncle Erle's house to celebrate Christmas with most of our extended Halbert family, 23 or so of us, including all the little ones! Jack enjoyed playing his new Nintendo DSi against his cousins Amy and Laura, who both had their own DS handhelds with them, along with Laura's husband, Ross! It was a DS fest! Tyler hung out with Logan and Preston and did great the entire day (til 7p!) without a nap. Wow. I don't think any of us are ready for that to become a regular occurrence just yet. You'll have to take our word for it, though, since not a single picture was taken that afternoon (SHAME ON ME!)

Tyler's favorite toy from Santa, by a landslide, has been Spike the Remote Control Dinosaur.



And we saw a lot of THIS for a few days after Jack got his DSi, complete with his favorite game: Super Mario Brothers (after playing it on Christmas day with Amy & Laura.)


Merry Christmas to all our family and friends!

Christmas Eve in Dixie

Christmas was very exciting this year, as it often is with little ones. The excitement of decorating the house, seeing Santa, spending time with loved ones and receiving gifts with little kids warms the heart. And to see it times 2 this year made it all the better!

We spent Christmas Eve with the new babies in the family. What fun to see Meemaw's house filled with the laughter and excitement of 4 little ones this year! We've waited a long time for Jack to have siblings and cousins to play with at the holidays...he had to go it alone for many years. Now the house is full with 3 babies under 2!! We were sure to get a few pictures of the cousins...

"He comes in with all those presents from WHERE??"

Jack enjoyed being the Christmas "pro" and handed out all the gifts from under Meemaw's tree.

It was a fun evening with our growing family, though we missed cousins Cayce and Jason, who were celebrating with the Williams family this year. Tyler was fascinated with his very own "fish tank" from Aunt Peggy and Uncle Mike.





The boys were happy to head to bed knowing that Santa was coming soon. Of course, they were not disappointed. Santa remembered that they were traveling to Alabama!

(a parting shot of our boys playing...a bit rough at times these days)