Santa came to town!

As I said in the last post, Jackson crashed as soon as we got home Christmas Eve, so we expected him to be up extra early Christmas morning.  Sean and I both woke up right around 7 and were surprised that Jackson wasn’t up yet.  We knew he’d be up any minute and should have gotten on up right then.  Well, of course we were both lazy and took advantage of the few extra minutes of sleep.  About 15 minutes later, Jackson came in and immediately said, “Did Santa come?”, then turned to run downstairs.  Before we could even get up and out the door behind him, he was already downstairs, hard at work on his digger.  So we missed the magical moment of seeing the look on his face when he walked into the family room to find this…
 
Kate wasn’t even up yet, so before we came downstairs Sean went in to wake her up.  We couldn’t let her miss out on any of the fun!  So as you can see, she really wasn’t quite awake yet. 

She may have still been half asleep, but it didn’t take her long to show some excitement!  She knew the rocking horse was for her and seemed so proud of it!
I just couldn’t get enough of her sweet little, sleepy face!
So happy!!
Jackson took a break from opening presents to check out what was left of the snacks we left out for Santa and the reindeer. 


He didn’t ponder over the treats for too long though!  He had more important things to do!

Kate was soooo excited about her new shoes!  As soon as she pulled them out of the box, she wanted to put them on.  I’m telling you, this little girl loves her some shoes!!
Jackson got a sweet Mickey Mouse watch.  He’s always asking what time is it, even though he’s nowhere close to telling time yet.  But for some reason, he’s fascinated with time.  He’d been asking for a watch for months now.

This little girl loves a sucker!  But they make me so nervous!!  Santa did good picking out this giant one!  No choking hazard here.  :-)
Once Jackson finished opening presents, he went right back to work on the digger.  I guess the boots and hat Santa brought him just finish off the construction worker look!