Our Christmas Morning

Christmas morning this year was quite the production. Believe it or not, Dillon wasn't too into the whole present opening process so I think it took over an hour to open gifts. You may know from my earlier post that Jill has always done the wake-up call on Christmas morning by ringing an old bell that mom keeps on the hutch. This year was no different... well maybe a little different, I received a text at the Hartman house from Jill. "Ding-a-ling, Ding-a-ling, time to come home." Dan and I kept our pj's on, put on our coats and boots, and headed over to Mom and Dad's.

When we got there Dillon was eating cheerios and asking Grandma to make cinnamon rolls. She of course put them in the oven, stating that she was not just making them because Dillon asked for them (we all knew she was lying, we see more and more of Great-Grandma Hornbach in her every time Dillon comes home.) We then finally had to beg to open presents.



Dillon and I handed out all the presents, I think his stack was taller than he was and we all took turns opening our gifts. Every gift Dillon opened he just wanted to play with. We had to take breaks for Dillon to check out his toe... he told us he had a hang nail and then we had to take a break for John to take the smoking cinnamon rolls out of the oven. We somehow managed to distract Dillon enough so he didn't ask about them... they had to be thrown away!



I think everybody got everything that was on their Christmas lists. I came home with beautiful leather gloves, earrings, a crock pot, some good wine, and a new scarf from Dillon (Jill and I have made it a Christmas tradition for Dillon to give me a scarf). Dan got a shop-vac and some new tools (do you think we are becoming old people for being so excited about these gifts??) Dillon, I believe, got every Thomas the Train toy, book, and video out on the market, and he loved them all. But I think one of his favorite gifts may be the bean bag. John got an i-pod touch, Jill got three new pairs of shoes, Dad got a new belt and wallet, and mom got all kinds of good things, most importantly her 2011 calender full of family pictures.



We couldn't have asked for a better morning. We topped it off with a big breakfast and then everyone took a nap. And this was just the beginning of the day, Christmas of course would not be the same without the Horstman family. We all had a great visit and ate the most amazing food. Fantastic day spent with the family, my favorite was probably ending the day snuggled in Mom and Dad's 80 degree basement having Dad read a Christmas story... and Dillon still worried about his hangnail!