Here's a little peek at Christmas 2016! It was a magical one, for sure. (Photos are wildly out of order... posting in the order they're saved for convenience. Thanks for "going with the flow"!)
Baking and decorating gingerbread cookies on Christmas Eve!
Christmas Eve church service at a small, local church.
Excited Christmas Eve snuggles with Mommy.
Nothing like a Chinese dinner on Christmas Eve! "Fa ra ra ra!" https://youtu.be/xTq20prt0K8
Shhhh! Santa came!
Opening his stocking...toothpaste! haha
Leaving a Christmas cookie for Santa!
...and apples and carrots for Rudolph!
Look! Santa sat down to read a book and enjoy his milk and cookies when he stopped by!
Santa brought the red scooter Max asked for!! (That's a half real / half forced smile...)
Checking out stocking stuffers.
Being silly! (Hey, look out the window... dawn!)
Trying out his new scooter in his pajamas!
Our annual birthday party for Jesus at breakfast!
"I'll blow out Jesus' birthday candle since he couldn't come to our house."
The next two photos are hard to see because I didn't want to turn on Max's bedroom light and wake him up. Max usually sleeps on the side of his bed by the door. On Christmas Eve he wanted one of his shades up so he could watch for Santa, and fell asleep right at the very edge of the bed on the window side of his room. :-)
The full set-up after Santa delivered presents late on Christmas Eve night!
