The Bates Family
Allen, Leah, Brookelyn, & Braedyn

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Christmas Morning

Allen and I had spent countless hours researching, shopping, looking, and buying the "perfect" gifts for Christmas morning. We couldn't wait for them to come around the corner and see all their loot! Here are the pictures from that morning:

The first thing Brookelyn went for was the Hello Kitty gumball machine (this is the item Allen had to fight a lady for at Target on Black Friday)! As a side note: Brookelyn has not eaten a single piece of candy out of it--on the other hand, Braedyn has gobbled enough for them both!

Here is Brookelyn pulling all her stocking-stuffers out. She was amazed at all the gifts because Allen had told her that maybe if she was really good Santa would leave her three or four presents.
And, here is B-Man taking it all in with Dino (his stuffed animal). He didn't quite "get it" at first and just watched sister rip through her presents.

That is until he spotted the candy canes Allen had put on the ground leading up to the presents. Then, he was thrilled to crunch his candy and sit on the sidelines.

Allen found these online and knew the kids HAD to have them. Yes, they are huge and have metal points on the end, but the kids did love them. Once it gets a little warmer I am sure we will have great pictures of the kids in their boots with their umbrellas!

Braedyn finally got going after about five candy canes. Here he is with his rubber lizard.
What you can't see in this angelic picture is that he is sitting next to the plate of Santa's leftover cookies. Let's just say Santa's leftovers were quickly gobbled up!

And, here is Brookelyn opening her highly anticipated Dyson vacuum (that really vacuums). She loved it!

And, of course so did Brother!
Then, Braedyn found even more candy canes inside his big bulldozer!
It was an amazing Christmas morning! We are so thankful for our beautiful babies (yes we are biased) and the memories we are so blessed to make with them!

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