Christmas Day Top 6

Here is the recap of our Christmas Day, in no particular order:

1. New rain boots, a heating pad neck warmer, and a big costco jar of jelly bellies (carrying on my Gramma Rinehart's tradition). Danny got a coffee maker and some new Seahawks slippers. Cohen got a new little piano toy and some blocks for when he is a little older.

 {Opening his stocking}

 {Ready for presents}

{New Toys}

2. We took the gold star balloon to Carter. We put it in Cohen's little hand and let him send it up to his brother. Someone told me a story about a son that had lost his dad before he was old enough to know him. Every year they would send balloons up to their dad. The son had asked his mom how he would know his dad when he got to heaven and she told him that he would be the one holding all the balloons. I like to think of Carter like that, when we get to heaven we will see him holding all of his balloons.

 {Holding onto Carter's balloon. Yes we forgot a hat and this one was in the back of the car}

 

{Sending his brother a balloon for Christmas}

3. The Help. I have really been wanting to read this book and it showed up in my stocking! I have already made some good progress on it due to the fact that Cohen has been taking some good, long naps. Must be all the excitement and I think maybe he is having a little growth spurt.

4. Cohen ROLLED OVER!!! We had him doing his tummy time and he just put his arm up, got his head up and over he went. Danny and I both got to see him do it so that was pretty cool. He still has a hard time keeping his head up so we are trying to work on that but we were pretty excited that he rolled over, even if it was an accident.

 

 {New hat from Gramma}

5. Coyotes. These are a tradition in the Rinehart household. I have no clue why they are called coyotes since they have nothing to do with coyotes. It is just fried bread dough, but they are so good. We eat them with jam or powdered sugar, or both if you are Danny.

 {Mmm...worth waiting all year for}

6. Stockings. These were always my favorite growing up and Danny knows how important it is. He always does a great job! These are our new mostly matching family stockings.

 

Overall, we had a nice relaxing Christmas Day. Cohen was pretty tired and took several good naps and then played with his new toys when he got up. The boys came over and brought us some leftovers from their Christmas lunch with my mom and dad. In the evening we took Carter his balloon and then drove around and looked at Christmas lights.