Christmas Day!!!

WOWW!!! What a great morning... The boys slept until 7:30! It's a Christmas MIRACLE! The only reason Andrew got up was because Matthew was up in our room with a fever. He was just miserable. I got up to get him some tylenol and as he sat in the chair in the kitchen he was falling asleep... he obviously did not feel well at all.

Sean woke up Andrew and whispered to him that Santa had came and he hopped out of bed and flew into the living room... His eyes were HUGE. He just could not believe how many present Santa had brought. There is a video of him on the Picasa Web Album showing his commentary on the presents... very cute, check it out. It's labeled “that's a lot of presents!”

Matthew was not feeling well so he was not as excited.. poor little guy. But Andrew was extremely excited! He was very patient about waiting until we got our coffee before tearing into his gifts. After opening about 20 packages with just clothes, it was obvious that he was getting disappointed. Then came the good stuff. He got lots of spiderman and cars toys. But he was getting anxious that he would not get his most wished for gift... then we came to the end of the presents. It was the "best for last" gift. You HAVE to check out the video of his reaction.... it was a Black Spiderman costume. He literally SCREAMED he was so excited. It was the best reaction that I have EVER seen! So that was his Favortie gift.
The boys also loved that we got them the Leapster Max with gift certificates that their Aunt Wendy & Uncle Jeff sent. That was a huge hit too. We weren't sure if Andrew would "get" the concept of the games or if he could navigate the controls, but it's clear that his fine motor and cognitive skills have improved so much that it seemed much easier for him to play. We also got the "cars" game for it. We're so glad that it is something that he is interested in. Something that can grow with him as he learns more. He'll be able to use it until 5th grade because there are games all the way up to that age.

The rest of the day consisted of trying to clean up, organize and put together all of the toys. In all, it was a GREAT Christmas, even for us... I (or WE, I should say) got a new laptop, so now hopefully it will be easier to update the blogs more often. Sean got his new Golf Bag, which he needed so badly. And we both got a variety of little gifts and the Pottery Barn "Daily System" for our much needed organization.

We hope you all had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy new Year. And be sure to check out Matthew's blog to see his Christmas experience. http://roarslikealion.blogspot.com
Here is a direct link to the Picasa web album http://picasaweb.google.com/thefavilles/Christmas2007

PS... We will be starting the "Faville Family Blog" soon to post our Family blog. This will be more "daily" than Andrew & Matthew's blogs. We will be using the boys blogs for more personal posts for them. The family blog will be more of a daily journal. We'll keep you posted on the progress.