After all the anticipation, it was finally Christmas Eve! Jack had been counting down the days on his Christmas chain, lighting the candles on the Advent wreath and opening the windows on his Advent calendar and he knew that it was time to celebrate!
Daddy snapped one picture before we headed out the door to the Lindstedt family celebration...
When we arrived, Jack and Grace were so excited to play with Milana, first they checked out the front yard...
And we got a couple more pictures on the balconey...
Since we only had a short time to spend, the kids got to open their presents before we left - even Grace was excited!
And she fell in love with Baby Alive... And stripped her right away...
Jack opened a transformer, which was EXACTLY what he had asked Santa for - the only thing... If Christmas had ended at that exact moment, then he would have been completely happy. But there was so much more.
After the Lindstedts, we headed out to my family's party. When we walked in the door, we took a picture and I'm so glad we did!
The excitement continued and Santa came. Jack fell on the floor in dramatic joy... he's such a ham...
Another TRANSFORMER! He was shocked and by this point, he could not think of anything else he could possibly want.
Speaking of hams... this girl has the drill down. She cautiously walks to Santa, 
Posses, takes the gift, and runs... She knows we just want pictures and she just wants the gift. :)
She was totally attached to my cousin Chia all night and opened presents with her...
On the way to the second party, Grace fell asleep and Jack was not making any sense at all and would not stop talking. It was obvious that they were totally overwhelmed and exhausted. But they were troopers! They kept on smiling and played with everybody. We didn't get to stay too late, but the kids had a blast and fell asleep in the car with sugar plums dancing in their heads... Plus, mommy and daddy had a lot to do!
