Surviving Christmas

After the great chicken pox debacle and then the babies catching colds, we were just trying to survive Christmas this year and make sure Piper and Fletch had fun. I think we succeeded on both counts.

The holiday festivities started on Christmas Eve, when Mom and Danny arrived from Boston. Here we are waiting anxiously for their arrival in the great Christmas shirts I received in a gift exchange with my Moms of Multiples club.

After hanging out with them for a while, Eric's parents came over to celebrate with the babies and then to enjoy a Christmas movie. Everyone had fun.

On Christmas day, Eric and I and then the babies woke up early and watched a little family snuggle time, catching a few minutes of The Muppet Christmas Carol. We also enjoyed a Christmas tradition for breakfast--Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls. Those things are like crack; they are so good and go down so smooth.

As we came off our sugar high, the grandparents came over for present opening. So many gifts, so little time.

First came the stockings...

Then Piper helped pass out some of the boxes that my mom had shipped to us full of presents. Notice all the toys already along the right side of the photo. It's like ToysRUs threw up on our house.

We gave my mom and Eric's mom a photobook of Piper and Fletch's first year. They loved it. I highly recommend it as a good Grandma gift.

The unwrapping continued with all of us in baby jail so that Piper and Fletch wouldn't escape while we drowned in wrapping paper.

Fletch was not that impressed with unwrapping gifts. But, he (and Piper) was darned cute in his Christmas pajamas.

Finally, after several hours of unwrapping, Piper and Fletch went down for a nap, while Eric's dad cooked our delicious dinner.

When Piper and Fletch got up from their naps, they put on their Christmas finery for dinner. Unfortunately, the combination of toddlers who are always on the move, who refuse to let go of the tupperware they found in the cabinet, and who are drooly, snotty messes from their colds means, that it's next to impossible to get a good picture of them both looking at the camera and without any wet spots on their shirts.

After dinner, Piper and Fletch got down to the serious business of playing with their new toys.

So far, the favorite among all the gifts has been the Cozy Coupe. In particular, Piper loves to just sit in there with her beloved tupperware.

That just about sums up Christmas. The babies had fun, and we all got great gifts and got to see family. I'd say we definitely did more than survive Christmas.