Christmas

Well, Christmas finally arrived at the Martin household! And don't you know I had one up at 6:45am and one up at 8:00am! Lillian decided to sleep in this morning of all mornings! Daddy called from Iraq at 7:30am and he couldn't believe it when I told him that Lillian was still asleep. He thought we would have been done opening all the presents by that time! :) But, I was able to talk with him and hear him open his presents from us! That was so special! Plus, he was able to call back and talk to Lillian. That made her whole day and mine too!

Finally, Lillian woke up and we headed out to the family room to see what Santa had brought for the girls. First, we stopped by the fireplace and Lillian noticed Santa's footprints. I had to explain what they were at first, but then she got it. She didn't want me to clean up his footprints! :) We then headed over to the table and she saw that Santa had left her a thank you note, drank all the milk and ate almost all the cookies.

Off to the family room she went running with Little Sis behind her! Lydia jumped right into her cozy coupe and stayed there most of the time while Lillian was admiring all her presents. Lillian screamed when she saw her new bike, Hannah Montana scooter and Hannah Montana guitar. Daddy sent her the guitar and she was thrilled! They got lots of other things and Lillian said she got everything she wanted this year. Lydia loved all her presents and her cash register and cozy coupe were the best! I asked Lillian what her favorite present was and she said all the presents were her favorite!

We just sat around the tree and opened the rest of the presents. Thank you to everyone who sent the girls something this year. All the presents were amazing! And Michelle, that was the sweetest present of all! Aunt Michelle sent Lillian and Lydia a baby doll that she played with as a child. Michelle has two boys of her own, so she passed it along to my little girls. And it was such a special moment!

Lydia is napping now and dreaming of her cozy coupe. We even made it outside this morning to ride all of our new toys. After nap time, then we will be off to celebrate Christmas dinner with Nina and her family. We can't wait! And tomorrow we get to go see Playhouse Disney Live in Austin. That was my gift to the girls! Another road trip!

Merry Christmas everyone and enjoy being with family and friends. We miss you darling and thank you for calling today. Lillian and I were thrilled to hear your voice and we are so glad you enjoyed all your presents. Lydia said hello too! hee hee It isn't the same without you, but we know you will be home next year. Lillian asked me if the elves were already working on her gifts for next year, so you better watch out honey. We will have lots to do! We love and miss you and we are so proud of you!

Love,

Julie