Christmas Morning

We have a tradition of staying the night at Nana and Papa's house, Ariel's mom and dad, so we can wake up Christmas morning and open gifts with my brother Shane and sister-in-law Erica, and Lily, my niece, and my brother Justin. It is lots of fun. So, the normal routine for Christmas morning is we wait for Santa to come and give him about two Seconds to leave, before we all go hunt for the pickle, a special ornament. If you find the pickle you get an extra gift. Anyway, then we open presents at about 4:00am. This year Shane and Erica stayed the night at Erica's parents, so the pickle got prolonged, Alex and I were told we would get directions in the morning when everyone was there, but, they put a note on the tree. Nobody said anything until Alex and I were on the way out the door with the girls. Long story short, we missed out on the race this year. Boo-Hoo! But, we were able to at least spend Christmas morning together. It was a blast this year, Addisyn understood what was going on. She knew to open the gifts, she even felt obligated to help mommy open Harper's gifts. The girls got some fun things, but, Addisyn got a big drawing desk from Nana and Papa. She loves to draw. And Grandma Nadine and Papa Jack got Addisyn and Lily the new Tickle-Me-Elmo. Addisyn loves it, but Lily may still need to warm up to it. Another thing, last year Alex made a tower of presents for me out of these fun nesting boxes, so, this year I decided to return the favor. I started getting gift back in October to fill this thing up. My mom helped me set it up in the morning, she told me this better be the last year she sees that thing. Good Times!