Well Christmas has come and gone once again. There was quite the build up to this Christmas, with Zane fully engrossed in all things Christmas for the past month. We had a lovely Christmas morning, full of presents and surprises, then a highly uneventful afternoon, per our tradition I guess. Zane woke up at 6:15 and was ready to see if Santa had eaten his cookies. He was amazed when all the cookies were gone, as was the milk. However, our smart boy did notice that there were still a lot of cookies on the cooking rack on the counter, that looked a lot like the cookies we left Santa.
Then we headed downstairs for the big show. Zane was much more calm than I thought he would be, after seeing the craziness that was Zane at Mom's present exchange. He watched patiently as Zach and I would open our few little gifts and with every gift he got out from under the tree he would say, "is it for me???" Yes, they are pretty much all for you. His tool bench was his big gift this year and it did not disappoint. He played with it for quite awhile before he moved on to his stocking. He got a wide range of things, with his highlight probably being a car with a drill that takes apart and puts the car back together. The drill makes the drill noise, so really that is all you need it for, fixing all sorts of things around the house all day. Other gifts included, a wooded blue robot whose arms and legs can move in all sorts of fun positions, a broom just his size for cleaning with mamma, a hobby horse that makes galloping and horse sounds when you press his ears, a little Mickey Mouse, books about robots and pirates, a CAT machine, fireman rain boots, coloring books, and a fireman's hat.
That's right, his tool bench has a drill press that makes a drilling sound as well.
Love this shot of his head in his stocking.
Nothing like a $5 Mickey to push the day over the top.
BEBOT!!!
Trying on his boots! He got to stomp around in some leaves with daddy later, just to make sure they worked!
We had biscuits and gravy after opening presents and then it was 8am. I spent most the rest of the day trying to get a nap in and being stressed out about having to work this evening. I am currently on call so I hopefully get to stay home. It is the worst feeling when you know there is a chance you might not have to work, because that would be awesome, but then there is a chance you still might have to stay up all night, with zero sleep and that would be terrible. So you stress and can't fall asleep, and waste the whole day either way. I gave up my fight at around 2:30 and just played with Zane the rest of the day. Luckily I was put on call so I got to sing my very excited boy to sleep tonight.
Zane had a great day with no requests for the iPad thanks to all his new toys entertaining him. He loves his drill, which does actually screw in the screws on the car and on his work bench, if he concentrates. He put out fires, was a robot, was a cowboy on a horse, did some construction with his new cat machine, and ate a lot of cookies! Hey, it's Christmas right! I am a little concerned that he thinks Santa comes more often than once a year, but he will figure it out I guess.
Zach got this CAT machine for Zane's birthday, but it never made it out of the closet. So it made a wonderful Christmas gift instead. It doesn't make any noises though, which Zane finds confusing.
This is his new horse, Rusty. Thanks Grandma, we love the newest member of the family.
"Daddy, there's a fire, right here."
Zane ask about his Grandparent's a lot today, "Is Grandma coming?" "We see Papa and Grammi?" As though he knew it was a big day that should really be shared with more people. I hate that he won't get to see them on every holiday. Even if he could see one side he couldn't see them both, which breaks my heart. I saw all my Grandparents every holiday growing up. Just one of many things in his life different than my childhood, such is life. Zane could sense that I was sad/stressed this afternoon and constantly would ask "You happy mamma?" "I'm happy, daddy happy." When I was signing to him before his nap, I was a little teary eyed and he said he said "you happy mamma? You my best friend!" Then gave me a big hug... then there were tears. What a tender hearted little boy I have.
And that was our Christmas. Lots of thoughts about next year mulling around in my head. I am excited to meet Rowan, but scared of all the changes that lie ahead as well. Hopefully everyone had a safe, happy, Christmas! We miss you all and are sending everyone tons of love from the STL.
