Christmas Eve

We are ready! The house is decorated. The sugar cookies are baked. The lights are up. Now in all reality this year is more for me and Colin verse Braylon. I mean he is getting all the gifts, but he does not really understand what is happening. We tell him about Santa but he has no idea that tomorrow morning he will wake up and have a lot of presents under the tree. But next year he will. Next year we will be able to make a list to send to Santa. Next year we can tell him to be good or Santa will not come. Next year he will wake up early to rush out to the tree. Next year we will not be able to buy his gifts when he is with us.

However, this year the magic starts. The magic and the excitement that me and Colin felt as kids as Christmas approached is alive and well in the house. It is like we get to believe in the magic of the holiday all over again. And let me tell you it is amazing. The past few years holidays have been tough for me and while they still make me sad (in that my dad is not here to share in it), I get to now focus on Braylon and making the holidays special for him like my parents did for me.

We do not have plans for today. Instead we are going to hang out and relax and maybe do a walk around the neighborhood to look at the lights up. Colin's mom is coming over for dinner tonight and spending the night. That way Braylon can open his gifts as soon as he wakes up. I am really looking forward to his reaction. Our Christmas tree is in our front living room/play room. So tonight we are taking all of Braylon's toys and moving them upstairs to his room. That way he can focus on his new ones! Otherwise I am pretty sure his short attention span will get the best of him.

I will take lots of pictures tomorrow I promise. I am also going to try to get some videos. We only have the video option on our phones so they will not be that long.

Merry Christmas!