Christmas Morning

This year Christmas with Tate was so much fun. He was so excited about Santa coming to his house to bring him some presents. Before he went to bed we set out cookies and milk for Santa. When Tate woke up bright and early Christmas morning (5:45 a.m.) Kraig and I were both so excited for him to see if Santa came. Kraig captured some classic pictures. We had such a fun morning unwrapping presents and playing with the new toys. Tate unwrapped his own presents as well as mine and Kraig's. He loved Christmas morning, well, at least most of it.

Standing at the top of the stairs looking down at the tree and seeing the presents for the first time. I love this picture. It totally captures his excitement.

Standing in front of the tree looking at the presents.

Here I am showing Tate that Santa drank all of the milk we left him and ate the cookies. Santa left a few crumbs on the plate.

And then, the complete meltdown. Tate was heartbroken that his cookies were gone. Apparently Santa was not suppose to eat them. Just look at them I guess.

We were able to calm Tate down after we showed him that Santa ate the cookies, but he did leave some treats for Tate in his stocking. I love the happy smile with the red eyes from the tears.

Here Tate is sitting in the middle of all the goods from his stocking eating the cinnamon bears from my stocking. I guess Santa knows what to bring Tate next year.

Getting excited about his View Master from Santa.

I guess you can see the pictures better if you lean your head back as far as you can.

Shooters just like Hyrum's. Now we can shoot mom and Cooper (the stuffed animal from Aunt Jess and Uncle Kyle).

Animals
Testing out his cars on his new car mat--complete with gym, school, playground and grocery store. Who could ask for anything more?
Opening up his farm. From the beginning of the Christmas season, Tate kept telling everyone he was getting a Farm and a "Tato Head" from Santa. Somehow we didn't get a picture of the "Tato Head" but we did get the farm.