Christmas Baby!

I'm going to pretend that this isn't my first post in years... way to much has happened to try and catch up so I'm just going to start posting again, and what a wonderful time of year to start! Christmas!

Our Christmas was amazing this year.  It always is, but this year it just seemed that much better with a little Cruz man to enjoy it with.  He is just over 2 years old now, and pretty much knows whats going on with Christmas.  He seemed to grasp the idea of Santa, and enjoyed hearing of Christs birth. It amazes me how much a little 2 year old really seems to understand things.
The big day:

The amazing day started off with Cruz waking up at 6:30 in the morning to inform me that he was "Happy awake" (a daily ritual)  I then proceeded to inform him that it was Christmas!  We all ran out into the living room to see if Santa had come, and boy did he!  At first he was just in shock that he could finally open up his presents, but he quickly got the hang of it, and was ripping into them in no time. He was such a blast.

              Here's Cruz opening his first present!   Mommy and Cruz with his new car.

We continued the day by heading to Drew's parents house.  We carried on the tradition of Einstein bagels with chocolate milk,  and opening presents by the arm full.  Cruz got a little carried away, and would open a present, and then as soon as it was opened he would ask for another one! He got SO overly spoiled!

                           Cruz and Papa                                Cruz Man and Derek

We then headed to my parents house to read the Christmas story from Luke 2, and open even more presents!

We continued to bounce back from our house, to my parents house, to the Bostocks house for the rest of the day.

Here is a little video of Cruz on Christmas day. Yup, he had a blast :)

 Most of my wonderful family was able to be there and it was SO good to see them all! I hadn't seen Chris and Haylie for over a year, and it was so good to be able to see them and chat with them. They are so amazing.  Dan, Drew's brother, was also able to come up for Christmas too, and it was so good seeing him as well.
  We did miss Mike and Traci, and their beautiful girls, Ellanie, and Emberlyn, but we were still able to chat through Skype and texting, so we still seemed connected. (Missed you guys!!)
  We got to chat with my amazing brother Adam who is on his mission in Mexico, and is loving every second of it. It was SO good to hear his voice and feel his amazing spirit reach to us through the phone.
 I wish I could explain in words how thankful I am for such a wonderful, amazing family.  I would have to say that being around family is defiantly my favorite things about the holidays!  I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday as well!