Christmas 2009

Christmas was a a big success this year and so much fun! Rhonald's parents set up a Christmas train under their tree which Cole was obsessed with . We finally had to tell him that the train had to go night night so that we could all get a little break from it. We continued a tradition that Rhonald and I both had growing up and we let Cole open 1 gift on Christmas eve. He got a doctor's kit and kept saying he was a "doctor like gaggy" (yes, he still calls Rhonald "gaggy"). It even came with a pager that worked and Rhonald taught Cole how to say "No Pages!"

On Christmas morning we woke up at our normal time and opened gifts. Cole was really funny. He loved opening his stocking but after a couple of gifts he made me unwrap them and then he would hand them to Rhonald for him to take it out of the box. After that he would play with that gift while I opened another one of his. It made me glad that we didn't go overboard this year. Maybe next year he will be more in to it.

We had a yummy dinner and ate way too much! Cole finally got to meet his Great, Great Grandma Katie and his second cousins on Rhonald's mom's side of the family. He really enjoyed having other kids around the play with. It was a whirlwind of a day but it was so nice to sit back and relax and be with family. But, I must say, as much as I love Christmas...I am glad that it only comes once a year!