Cooper was REALLY into it this year. He helped Ryan put out the cookies and milk for Santa (and carrots for the reindeer) and he got really excited for Christmas morning. Usually he just knocks on his door for us to come get him, but on Christmas morning he started opening the door! But we weren't ready! This was our first Christmas waking up in our own house and the first Christmas that Cooper had somewhat of an idea of what was going on. We couldn't miss his face on Christmas morning, seeing all the presents that the Big Guy had left for him and Baby Sister! I successfully held him hostage in his room for about 1.2 minutes until I heard Ryan tell me he was ready and then I let him go out. The video is kind of dark so I won't post it, but he just had this big, confused smile on his face! The first thing he did after staring in awe at the presents was walk right over to his Dad and give him a big hug. Then we were off!! Cooper got to help open all of Olivia's presents this year so he had a lot of work to do! He seemed so grateful for every present, taking time to play with each one after it was opened. We were so excited watching him that it took us a really long time to open our presents too!
I made pull apart (monkey bread, sticky buns, whatever you might call it) the night before, so we snacked on that while opening presents and we had a fire going by the time we started our stockings! Santa was good to ALL of us this year and we had lots of family send boxes to us for the kids. After we put the kids down, we sat on the couch with some wine and a fire. It was a wonderful weekend and great holiday. Hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and New Year!
~Ahna
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