December 25th...Christmas

This Christmas morning was a hard one.  As soon as Wyatt went to sleep last night, we got a phone call that my Pawpaw had been taken by ambulance to the hospital.  I desperately wanted to go be by my Pawpaw's side..but I couldn't ignore the fact that my son had gone to sleep fully expecting to be woken up the the magic of Santa Clause in the morning.  I didn't want to miss that.  So...I got to experience the joy of the smile on my son's face this morning...but I also had pain and fear of the unknown exploding somewhere deep inside me.  It was a hard Christmas morning.  But as far as Wyatt knows...it was another magical Christmas. And it had to be magical...because it was a white Christmas.  And if you have ever lived in Texas...you know that it MUST be magic!

Yes..my son asked Santa for a shopping cart so he could help mom shop for groceries.  How awesome is that?!?  

 

 We went to Grampy's house later in the day...the roads turned out to be worse than we expected.  Needless to say...it was a short stay...we didn't want to be out too late on the ice.  It was good to see family...wish we could have stayed longer.  

December 24th...Christmas Eve

We always start off Christmas Eve at Grammy's house.  The first gift Wy opens...a time out chair.  He was so excited while he was opening it...not so excited after he realized what it was!  Thanks Aunt April!!

 

 Christmas gifts have been opened, lunch has been served...so now it is time for a birthday party....naturally.  

 As the day starts to draw to an end...we head off to the Candlelight service at church, then back home for some Christmas cookies, Polar Express, It's a Wonderful Life, and to get ready for Santa...of course!!  Luckily, Granddad has a radar app on his iPad that keeps up with Santa in real time.  So...we knew when it was time for Wyatt to go to sleep.  Because...as we all know...Santa won't come if you are awake!!

Checking the Santa radar!

December 22nd

I finally finished wrapping all the gifts...just in time to load them up in the car and head to Arlington tomorrow.

 We won this awesome ornament (made by Corey Norrell) at our young adult Christmas party.  Not only does it match our tree...but we can finally be considered "West Texans"...he have antlers in our living room!

December 21st....Birthday!

Happy 4th Birthday to my big birthday boy!!

My birthday boy was GOING to have special birthday pancakes for breakfast...until I opened the fridge and realized we had no more milk.  So....birthday oatmeal it is!

December 20th

Birthday party day....superhero style.

First things first, superheros need masks.

Next, it was time to break the Spiderman pinata.  Sadly, it broke before everyone got a turn!!

The superhero training course came next.  If they made it through the obstacle course and defeated the yellow super villains at the end, they earned their special superhero cape.  

  Cake anyone?

 

 And last, but certainly not least, everyone had a ride in the Batmobile.  Wyatt's birthday gift from me and daddy.  

And I can't thank Scott and Sam enough for all their help!!