Everyone ended up at my parents house which made my parents quite happy! Quinten was quite spent and refused to get in the picture. What are you going to do?
Quinten received a ski vest and goggles. He begins formal swim lessons after the New Year. He has gone to sleep wearing his vest he loves it so much!
Aunt Patti and Quinten share a moment.
Quinten loves playing in his new kitchen. After working with daddy fixing things around the house, he used his new tools to fix his own kitchen! I love the fact he tried to get daddy to use his wrench to fix the toilet earlier in the day!
Lauren asked Quinten to sit in her lap while we were at my parents. What a sweet moment! If you get them off the phone, look at what can happen. Of course other things can happen but this is the absolute best!
I was so excited for this Christmas day. Quinten had the perfect blend of being excited for Baby Jesus and knowing that Santa was coming. We did a more minimal holiday where Santa only brought three items and mommy and daddy brought about three. It was hard but worth it trying to remember the real reason for the season. I awoke before 6 but no one else came alive until nearly 8!!! I asked Quinten if he wanted to sing Happy Birthday baby Jesus before we went downstairs and he said yes. He proceeded to get him out of the manager so he could really hear us sing. This brought tears to my eyes and I wish I could have filmed it. He goes up to the "air up" nativity scene at work. He talks so gently and sweetly it makes my heart melt.
We took turns opening gifts so we could see what was given. While hard at times for Quinten, I did not want to miss a single moment. His most requested gift was a real pink Barbie. When he opened it out of his stocking, he said "what is this?". We have yet to figure out what he meant as he keeps talking about pink Barbie. He has yet to play with her but it is the 1st gift he mentions when anyone asks him what he received. A new kitchen awaited him and he has played in it non-stop since yesterday morning. he has made everything from pasta to cereal to pizza. I asked him if he had Bourbon and he informed me I do not like Bourbon! This is a true statement and I am not even sure why I asked him for it!!
Lauren received many gifts from her mother. She continues to mature in a beautiful manner. She understood what we were doing something different with giving a smaller volume. Her favorite gift came from my sister Mary. It is a peace pendant that fell off into the sink! Her dad and brother successfully retrieved it! This year we were fortunate to have her on Christmas Day. The next day she went with her mother to see her grandmother. While we would prefer having her with us, this was her grandmother's first Christmas without her husband. She belongs with her mom and that family.
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