Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Morning- We received a wake up call at 7:55 am from our friend Julie. I told her to call us to let us know what Santa had brought. Believe it or not, my whole house was still sleeping. My first stop, following the call, was to Abby's room. I whispered in her ear "Do you want to go down stairs to see if Santa left a baby doll for you?" With eyes still closed she nodded yes. Andrew must have heard us, because he was next. Sarah was easy to get up. Samantha...not so much. She is a true sleeper. However, Sarah just mentioned the word Santa and Samantha was tripping over herself to get out of bed.

Santa did a good job this year. Abby was overwhelmed with the sight of "Baby Emma" her baby doll from Santa. It talks and moves and quite frankly is a bit creepy to the adults. Andrew loves his doorway playhouse and the twins were very excited with their High School Musical Sing Along game for the Wii. They were even more excited over their only gift from Mommy and Daddy...tickets to the Hannah Montana concert on January 8th in Baltimore.

After all the gifts were opened, Grandpa Joe came over for dinner. We had ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoe casserole, biscuits, asparagus, cranberries, pumpkin and pecan pie. Oh, I almost forgot to mention, Chris didn't thaw out the turkey so Grandma C, Abby and I went in search of a ham at the Safeway. The 2 lines for the checkout were about 20 people deep. Oh Well!

We ended the evening with doubles tennis on the Wii. Grandpa Joe and Mommy on one team, Sarah and Samantha on the other. I won't reveal the results but it's nice to know that age doesn't really matter. :-)

Andrew's Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Merry Christmas!