christmas, part I

we woke up to a christmas morning phone call from wonderful reid and pete agreed to a nice long snuggle in bed this morning before investigating what santa had delivered (very likely the last year i'll get away with that stunt) so we could wait for everyone else to wake up and participate in the fun.  betsy came down to my room with a big grin and joined us in bed for half a minute and then we were all off to check out the stockings. unfortunately, bumpah was too sick to get out of bed and then deedee confessed she was sick too but she was going to tough it out to watch the stocking madness unfold.  the babies were delighted with all the goodness st. nick delivered. pete was most excited about his giant digger and his airplane candy stick. betsy was definitely in love with her new kitty and her bangles were a hit, but when she discovered that she too had a whirly twirly candy stick, she was pretty into that as well.  the poor grandparents spent most of the rest of the day in bed. so, when it came time for little lady bug to nap, i thought i'd give them some space and try napping her in her real big girl bed in pete's room. she was exhausted from missing a nap yesterday and went right to sleep and took a perfect nap. in the interest of letting her sleep, i let pete just watch a movie for his downtime (after a trip to the only store in town that was open on christmas day for 7 up and chicken noodle soup for the patients). it was almost 80 degrees today so once b was awake we went for a walk to the playground and dog park. pete brought his awesome digger along to do some excavating in the sand pit at the playground, but when we got there he informed me, "mommy, you missed something, you forgot my dump truck." and he was right, of course i had overlooked the fact that he needed something to put the material his digger was digging after it had been dug. nevermind the fact that this digger is huge and took up the entire top canopy of the double bob. i promised him we'd try to remember next time we came. pete walked the entire trip home from the dog park, pulling his digger behind him proudly. now i know its physically possible for him to cover the distance, i am less worried about having a double jogger and three babies in a few months. :)
anyway, we are hoping a good night of sleep and another 12 hours will be enough that the grands will be feeling a little more spunky tomorrow and we can open our packages and maybe go out into the world to do something fun together.
in the spirit of giving them a good night of sleep...both babies are sleeping in one room tonight. oh my heavens i can hardly believe its true. so far so good (knock on wood). betsy is loving her real big girl bed and is delighted with the room sharing. i think pete is onboard with it too, although he seemed a little confused about it all at bedtime and when we went into his room to put him to sleep he asked me a few times "is betsy in here?"....hoping they get a good night of sleep too!
merry christmas, every one!  merry christmas, to my darling husband. all of you "over there" are on our hearts and minds always, but especially at christmas. we love you so much and look forward to hearing from you again soon. xoxo

christmas tree coffee cake and scrambled eggs breakfast while skyping with the nannen family in hopedale

bad photo quality but this is the best one of my attempts to get them to sit together and take a christmas morning picture. i'll try again tomorrow on christmas part II

wearing her "vintage" apron and bangles from santa (deedee said she had an apron JUST LIKE that one when she was little. :))

putting her fox and kitty babies on top of her lady bug pillow....and then she laid down on top of the whole pile, lol

little boy heaven with a giant digger and a giant dumper in the dirt and mulch. and he's already requested a field trip to the beach for more quality digging. will have to be while the grandparents are here if we are bringing all this heavy duty equipment along. phew!