We had a wonderful Christmas this year. Travis was sooo very excited - all month, and probably well before that, too! Every day he would ask, "How many more "naps" until Christmas??" (It's funny he still says "naps" because he hasn't taken a nap in well over a year. By "naps" he now means nights/periods of sleeping.) Isabella was excited just because Travis was excited - his enthusiasm was very contagious!
Christmas Eve was a blast. We made cookies for Santa and left them on a plate along with some milk and carrots for Rudolph. The "cookie-making" consisted of purchased dough spooned onto the cookie sheets, which was promptly eaten by Isabella!
After we finally got the kids in bed, it was a LONG time before Travis finally fell asleep - I'm gonna guess it was at least close to midnight, if not after. The gifts finally made their way under the tree, and it was a very late, but enjoyable, evening. 
Christmas morning started just how we had hoped - with the kids sleeping until about 9:30am!! Kevin had worked that night and got home around 7AM, so we let him "sleep in" until 10ish, when Grandma & Grandpa came over and we got started opening gifts. You can see the excitement in the kiddos' eyes in this picture: 
Isabella's favorite gifts were a new baby doll and a stroller, which she non-stop pushed round and round the house, only stopping to "feed" the baby plastic bingo chips, or to wrap her up in a blanket before continuing on the stroll. It was rather precious! :)
Travis's Christmas was very successful from his viewpoint, as he got a light saber, Incredible Hulk boxing gloves, 2 guns from Santa (which I keep getting ambushed with), a remote controlled space shuttle, and the Wii, just to name a few!! He hasn't been bored yet! 
We ended the day by spending an enjoyable afternoon & evening at Stephanie's house (Kevin's sister) with family.
The rest of our December 2008 pics can be seen by clicking here. (Note, to view larger images of the pictures, click on the first picture, then click the "Next" link at the top to scroll through them.)
