Christmas Day

The plan was for me to sleep under the tree on Christmas Eve, but he decided we should sleep in our bed (must admit that I greatly appreciated that decision). So there I was sleeping soundly when he woke me up because it was time to get everyone up to open presents. I picked up my cell phone to check the time. Wanna guess? It was 2:30 a.m.! :-) I tried to convince him it wasn't time yet, but he was not easily convinced - I got him to watch cartoons instead (I knew he'd fall asleep). But...that meant that I had the tv on the rest of the night (evey time I tried to shut it off he would wake up) and Harrison woke me nearly every hour to see if it was time yet. :-)

I finally let him start waking everyone else up at 6:30 a.m. We had a very nice Christmas together, and Abigail loved opening her gifts. She thought the tissue paper was the best! My big gift was a digital camera & printer dock from mom & dad. I can't wait to get home & start using it (decided to not open it all up so it's be ready for the flight home).

For lunch, our friends Miguel & Norma came over, and we were able to visit with them for a while. After lunch, Marsha, Jerry & Abigail headed home because Jerry's son & daughter-in-law were coming for supper.

Later that evening, mom, dad, Harrison & I made the 90 min. drive to their house so we could see them open their gifts. Then it was the trip back home (with Harrison in tow).

Although it seemed like a very busy day, it was nice. The only thing that would have made it better would have been to have Maurine with us. Unfortunately she had to work both Christmas Eve & Christmas Day.