Christmas.... just a little early!

The boys and I are all moved down to Mesa with their dad now and we are so happy! Before we left my parents house we celebrated Christmas with them a little early since my mom had done so much to make Christmas special for the boys this year! We put in a special request and Santa came a little bit early to! (Any advice on how to handle a kid who is almost 11 and still honestly believes in the magic of Santa??)

Grandma made the boys matching Christmas Jammie's to wear the night before and they looked so darling!

They were both so excited as I put them to bed, and they were so GOOD!!! No one came out for an extra drink of water or an extra kiss goodnight.... or even to tell on the other one... this is an unheard of event! Aidan woke up at a crazy hour, somewhere before 6 A.M. The normal rule in our house is that no kid can come out of bed until the parents get up and tell them they can get up, this is to prevent them from getting up at 4 or 5, (This rule really backfired on me last year when we had told the kids this and my Aidan, who is very literal, felt sick in the middle of the night.... sure that Santa would turn right around if he dared to get out of bed he leaned over his bunk bed and puked on the floor.... NOT a nice Christmas morning surprise for me!!) but since we were at my parents house and all staying in 1 room I didn't even think about telling him anything so he woke up and went out to the living room "Quietly (yeah right) to play his D.S. and wait for us to wake up. He managed to wake us up but we didn't give him the satisfaction of knowing he had done so until about 7 ;) Yes I am that mean! When he finally got Zander to wake up he told him "Come look, Santa left you a present and its not even wrapped!" Zander said "I need to snuggle mom and dad first" I love that kid! After he was sufficiently loved on he went out to see that Santa had left him his very first bike! He was a happy boy! Now he just has to get a little more comfortable riding it!

Aidan was happy to get the Nintendo DSI he has been wanting for the last year.. complete with a Nerf protective case because he has a habit of standing on his head to play his video games.... I don't quite get it either, the kid is very strange! Good thing he has this cute smile, it sure saves his life at times! He also got a rip stick... kind of a skateboard with 2 wheels instead of 4 and a hinge in the middle and you wiggle your feet to make it go, one of the silliest things I have ever seen but he LOVES it! I guess they are the rage!

Zander was so fun, it was hard to get him to open his next present... he just wanted to play with the presents he had already opened! We had to indulge him and put together a personalized puzzle he got about halfway through.

My Dad made us a delicious brunch before we had to head down to the valley, we got down here before dark and the boys had time to ride their new toys. Adam found a great house in a great neighborhood for us and I just love it here. My husband has shown me just how amazing he is in the last few days, but that is a whole post in itself....... I will just say that I am so happy to be back together as a family!

On Sunday Adam will go get his 3 kids for their Christmas visit and we will have our Christmas celebration with them the next day I think on Sunday night his sister is bringing her kids and his parents are coming over for the annual Staley white elephant gift exchange party. We have a great time with the whole gang, it is always nice to get everyone together. Aidan and Dylan both have birthday's coming up in the next couple of weeks, so we should be partied in no time flat!