The Big Day!

Finally Christmas morning came!  We got up early and got ready while we were waiting for K-Man to wake up, then we opened our gifts from Santa, played with them for awhile, and then we headed off to church.  After church, Mike's little brother and his family came over to open presents with the rest of us.  It was such a fun day.  That evening, we drove to Amy's family's house, which is about two hours away, and spent Christmas evening with them.  

Amy stayed up late on Christmas Eve to make homemade cinnamon rolls for the family, which something her mom does every year.  K-Man was a pretty big fan of "helping" her get them ready on Christmas morning.

Mmmmm!

Having fun opening presents

Amy surprised Mike with tickets to a Langhorne Slim concert on New Year's Eve in Portland.  He was pretty surprised!

While we were getting the car loaded up, Abuelo and Abuelita took K-Man out to see the chickens and play in the yard.  He was pretty impressed!

Abuelo introducing K-Man to his dog, Lucky

Abuelita and K-Man

Mima (what K-Man calls Amy's mom) helping him with his new dump truck

Checking out cousin Zak's army of superheroes that he got for Christmas

And finally, Santa also came to our house in Oregon.  K-Man thought it was a pretty sweet deal getting to have Christmas at three houses this year!!

Figuring out his shape sorter

Hooray for Christmas!  We're sad we have to wait a whole year until it comes again.

We wish you a merry Christmas and a wonderful new year!

Christmas Eve

We were able to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas morning at Mike's parents' house, which was a lot of fun!  K-Man had a good time seeing Abuelo and Abuelita (what he calls Mike's parents), and getting to play with his cousins.  

K-Man with Abuelita and her kitty

Abuelo reading "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" while we pass around the white elephant gifts.  This is an annual Christmas Eve tradition at Mike's house.

Daddy helping K-Man figure out his toy from the white elephant exchange

"I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!"

He thought the lint brush Amy got for her white elephant was actually a hair brush, haha!

Mike checking out his cool new flashlight for hiking that doesn't need batteries

Merry Christmas Eve!

Opening his Christmas Eve pajamas, which is a Christmas tradition in Amy's family

We're pretty sure he had more fun with Abuelo and the box that his pajamas came in than he did with his actual pajamas

Ready to go to bed so Santa can come visit

Counting Down to Christmas

We figured it was about time we post our Christmas pictures because we have birthdays coming up soon and we don't want to get behind!  Since we went to Idaho for Christmas to be with our extended families, here are some pictures at our house leading up to Christmas.  We were SO excited for Christmas this year because last year K-Man was only 6 months old, so he didn't really get it.  But this year, we knew he was going to have a blast!

Mom finished getting the Christmas tree put together and lit while Dad gave K-Man his bath.  This was his reaction when he saw the tree for the first time.  Too cute!

K-Man is getting so big!

He loves his wagon

This is how we let him touch the tree... he can touch the ornaments with one finger :)

He spent so much time by the tree this year--he loved it!

Just the Beginning...

K-Man has officially started putting things in the toilet, much to our dismay.  Luckily he started small with a chunk of banana.  We hope he doesn't advance to Matchbox cars any time soon!