As you can imagine, Christmas Eve was a little crazy in our house. John's brother Stephen was finally back in the States after being stationed in Qatar, Saudi Arabia for over 6 months and was able to come up late Christmas Eve afternoon. We were not sure if he was going to be able to make it so we did not tell James - and the excitement of seeing Uncle Stephen after so many months was off the charts... and then he remember Santa was coming that night - and well, it took a very long time for his to settle down for bedtime. He was good though and didn't come out of him room, but we heard him in his room singing and chanting "Ho, Ho, Ho" for hours.
And when we went to check on him before we went to bed, he was sound asleep on the floor.
We didn't wrap a lot of gifts for Madeleine and we left some of James' bigger "Santa gifts" unwrapped - they were both very spoiled and loved by everyone.
It was a crazy mess of paper and boxes and toys - but so much fun to watch. When we finally got breakfast going, we popped in one of their new movies from Papa Steve and let them watch while they ate and we had mimosas!
We had to be at our friend's house for Christmas dinner at 4, and we didn't get out of our pjs until 330! Good thing they live half a block away :) It was a perfect relaxing morning and the kids really got to enjoy their gifts in their Christmas pjs courtesy of Nana.
Even though we are far away from most everyone we love, our hearts were with you.
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