Merry Christmas Boys!

Boys,

Santa came! Benjamin did you ever think Daddy would mislead you?! Just as Mommy and Daddy have been telling you all week Santa did visit us last night while you and your brother slept peacefully in your cribs! As long as you're good all year long Santa Claus will come to town, do you think all those songs about him could be wrong? So, this morning started like most mornings do... Jonathan you were sleeping in Mommy and Daddy's bed and like most days you woke Mommy up by tapping her in the nose. From the the bedroom Benjamin you were awake talking in your crib as well trying to get Mommy and Daddy up.

This is probably one of the only years you will both wake up this calm on Christmas morning as Daddy remembers when he was a kid rushing to Nana and Grandpa's room begging them to get up so that Daddy and Uncle Chris could open their presents from Santa. While Daddy misses that feeling of waking up on Christmas morning with pure excitement, he knows that he will now get to live those moments on the opposite side of things and see the two of you run to the Christmas Tree, and jump up and down at the sight of your presents.

The two of you both went to the Christmas Tree and looked at all the presents for a few moments before Mommy and Daddy sat you both down and started handing you each your gifts from Santa, and some of them were from Mommy and Daddy too! Can't let Saint Nick take all the credit! Benjamin you opened up some Cars first, exactly what you asked Santa for this year even though you have dozens already. You were really excited each time you opened a present and saw a Car underneath the wrappings. Jonathan you had some Cars of your own under the tree too! Some Cars from Disney/Pixar, and some Cars from Hot Wheels, and even a big Fire Truck that makes noises and drives on it's own! It was a Cars Christmas! Maybe next year inside of Ornaments hanging on the tree we can attach strings to each one of these Cars and hang them instead? Daddy bets the two of you would love that!

So as you both opened each one of your gifts, getting more and more excited with each one you opened the floor started to be come a big mess of Christmas wrapping paper! Benjamin you were our little helper as you wanted to pick up all the wrapping paper and throw it away as quick as possible. Mommy and Daddy found it funny that you opened each present with such care and did not just rip the paper off like a mad person! You didn't want any tape or paper left on your presents either, making sure to take your time to take off every single piece of paper that might have survived the first time around. Jonathan, you on the other hand would open one gift, decide that whatever that one gift was, was good enough for you! Mommy had to help you open your presents, but that should be different this time next year! The two of you will be going through these presents alot faster Daddy's sure.

The two of you took a liking to one toy that Jonathan had received. It's a toy that has about five hidden characters and you have to turn and push buttons so that they pop up. The two of you fought over this toy for a good hour before realizing that you each had a few other toys to play with! After you each opened your last gift Mommy had started to make us some Christmas Breakfast! Mommy made us some Chocolate Chip Pancakes while we listened to Michael Buble's Christmas album for the last time this year! Daddy knows that Mommy doesn't really care for him all that much, but until the two of you tell Daddy otherwise Daddy is just going to pretend that the two of you enjoy his voice just as much as Daddy does!

After Breakfast we watched some television for a little while, and played with some of the new Cars and even Lion King toys you got from Santa. We had to get ready soon to go across the street to Grandma's house for some Christmas lunch. We had a big day ahead of us with many family members to see before the day was through so we started at Grandma's first! But Daddy will tell the two of you how the rest of our day went later on.

We had a great Christmas morning, but it breaks Daddy's heart to know that out there are families that are not as blessed as we are and this is why Daddy doesn't take anything for granted. The greatest Christmas gift of all is that we have each other, the rest is just extra!

Can't Wait To See Your Faces Again Next Christmas Morning,
Daddy