Santa Came to Visit!!!

Christmas this year was extra special in so many ways... not only did we have our new baby to celebrate, but we had a toddler that could actually appreciate the "magic" of Christmas. I always thought Christmas as a child was an amazing time of year, but I have come to realize (in my wisdom, lol) that Christmas as a mother is the BEST thing ever!! Seeing the excitement on Jacob's face about everything from lights to presents to Canta (Santa) was absolutely priceless. Jacob's relationship with Santa started off extremely rocky; screaming and crying whenever he saw him in the same room and sometimes on TV. After many books and statements of "Santa is a cool guy!" he started to be less afraid of the jolly old elf. Granted we never got him to sit on Santa's lap (I think we need more than a few weeks of "Santa's a cool guy" to get that accomplished). On Christmas Eve it all finally came together and we got the cutest video of Jacob to date... (You need sound to fully appreciate it)

This holiday was really nice because we went back to Pleasanton for the entire week! We got to see all our families and everyone got to meet Brayden.  Three people were especially missed however, Matt Matt, KiKi, and Everett were in Alabama, so we didn't get to see them. Jacob of course got so many presents... he started shaking the boxes like a true kid!! He also had a great time opening Brayden's gifts too! Thank you to everyone who got them something by the way! We had an amazing time with friends and family...

I love this of Tutu and Brayden!!

Here he is discovering Lego's as a present for the first time... needless to say, it was at this point in the unwrapping he started to shake every box.