A Christmas full of Traditions

We have waited 4 Christmas's for Caden's turn, but this year he finally got to put the baby Jesus in the manger! It is a tradition in Gabe's family for the youngest child to do this on Christmas Eve. We all sing silent night as we walk into the room while the baby is placed in the manger. Caden got to be Joseph, and Ruby was Mary. I was so afraid that he was going to get up there and not want to do it, but he totally was into and did a great job.
Oddly, the intent of this picture is not to showcase Caden's really cool ear, but to show another tradition of laying out cookies for Santa, and carrots for his reindeer.

Christmas morning was such a blast. Caden was so cute, and wanted to open up McKylah's presents first. This year was the first year that he really got into it and it was so much fun just watching his expression. McKylah on the other hand really didn't care and was mad that her slumber was disturbed.

Once he opened up a few of Kylah's presents, Caden realized that it was that much fun after all. Naturally he quickly transitioned and began to tear through all of his.

After taking a four plus hour nap McKylah was ready to be happy and play with all of her new toys. We had a wonderful Christmas and lucky for us Caden is already asking when Christmas is coming again!