Merry Christmas

Lauren has had round one (or maybe round two....) of her first Christmas. Mom and Dad came up this weekend to celebrate Christmas with the kids and to bring up Will's bunk bed, Will's new quilt, and Lauren's new quilt. We'll start with the bunk bed.... Will has inherited the Niedermuller bunk bed. The bed was my dad's when he was a boy and then it was my brother's bed when he was a boy. Will really seemed to understand the importance of the bed and he's so excited that he's sleeping in his new bunk bed. It looks so nice in his room. My mom has been working on his quilt for his new bed and they brought that up here as well. It makes his room look complete and I just love the new quilt. I think it's special to have a quilt made by your grandma, too. Mom also just finished Lauren's quilt. I don't have a picture of that (i really need to take one, but it seems like I can only get stuff done when Lauren is asleep and then I can't go into her room....). I'll try to post a picture of her complete room later.

We celebrated Christmas with mom and dad this weekend. We celebrated Jesus's birthday with a cake on Friday night. On Saturday we went to Will's last swimming lesson as a Pike (he got promoted to Eel... and his teacher said that he was a delight to teach!). When we got home we celebrated Christmas! Will was so excited about opening up all of the presents that have been sitting around the house for the last couple of weeks. Lauren loved to tear the wrapping paper off of her presents and she actually looked excited when she opened up the presents. It was almost like she got the concept. Both of the kids had a wonderful time receiving and giving their gifts.

We had a wonderful rest of the weekend with mom and dad and we said goodbye to them this morning so they could drive back to Florida. They leave for Oregon on Wednesday to spend Christmas with my Grandma Niedermuller and our family friends, the Millers.

Today we went over to Nathan and Luke's house to celebrate Christmas and so the kids could exchange their gifts. They had a great time playing together and they all seemed to enjoy giving their gifts as much as receiving. We will definitely miss the Stewart family, but we know that we'll see them often after they move.