Christmas Morning

Ryan is always up at the crack of dawn - literally! From the time he was born, if the sun is up, he is up. No matter how late he stays up the night before. He just does not sleep in. Except on Christmas Morning. He is the only kid I know that always sleeps in on Christmas Morning. This year he didn't get us up until almost 8:30!

We peeked over our landing to see if Santa had been here yet and sure enough, he had!

Ryan was very excited to get downstairs and see what Santa had brought him this year:

Our stockings were placed on the sofa full of goodies!
Ryan is checking the letter he left Santa to see if he got a reply - and he did!

This years addition to his nutcracker collection - a Rock star Nutcracker!

Sam really liked the smell of my stocking - over the smell of the goodies that Santa brought for him & Ranger:

This must be why - CHOCOLATE!!!
Doug opening a present that seemed to be particularly interesting to the dogs:

What on earth is this big package?

Ryan's first electric guitar!

Ryan has been telling us for months that he is ready to learn a third instrument - the guitar. He was getting pretty disappointed in us because we hadn't bought him one yet. Well, little did he know, we had been dealing with Santa in hopes of getting him one for Christmas!Sam is not so sure about all this excitement:
What is this? Another guitar - this time an acoustic that was given to us by a friend! That is the face of pure joy!

Now for the really hard decisions - which one to build first?

After we got everything opened and fully checked out and I got my sweet potatoes going for Christmas dinner, Doug made me Eggnog Pancakes. They were very yummy!

Enjoy this video of Ryan playing his new electric guitar for the first time!