Christmas Eve

We went over to my aunt's on Christmas Eve. All my aunts, uncles, cousins, parents, and sister were there. It was great to see everyone.

Me and my daddy:

My cousin Jordan and his son, Jason.

A little family pic. Love this one. We all look so happy, even though Graham is more focused on his toy than Maria taking the pic.

Graham and Grandpa:

Maria, Jordan, Lane, and my Aunt Chris:

Here is Graham opening a gift that was NOT for him. I think he starting thinking everything was for him. He loves to rip tissue out of gift bags.

Graham had such fun with Aunt Nickey. Here he is holding a phone to her ear. Cute, cute!

Nickey applying 'the claw' to Graham and Jason.

Chillin' with daddy:

After leaving my aunts, we headed home. We have a Christmas Eve tradition of exchanging books.

I got Joel Rules for My Unborn Son.

Joel got me Dan Brown's latest, The Lost Symbol.


Graham's turn:

I love to read to Graham.

We got him Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star by Kate Toms.

I selected it first of all because Graham LOVES the song. When all else fails, I sing him that. It has gotten us through blood draws, shots, snuggles, and countless other situations. This is a whole book of new verses of the song. Additionally, I loved the illustrations. There is a page that has a cow jumping over the moon and that was his nursery theme. Also, there are several pages that talk about how all the stars in the sky are all around the world. Very fitting, I thought. It was the perfect book!

After our book exchange it was off to bed, not before kissing our elf good night. Those who do "Elf on the Shelf" know what I'm referring to. This elf sits of the shelf each night of December and flies back to Santa each night to report on naughty vs nice. So each morning the elf is in a new location for excited little children to find when they wake. The elf flies back on Christmas Eve not to return again to 'til the next year.

Since Graham was definitely a NICE boy this year, Santa visited as he was tucked away in bed.