Night Before The Dawn Before the Dawn Before The Day of Christmas

This year we had planned on going to Ohio for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. So having sent the majority of our presents for the Kosakowski's ahead earlier in the week, we spent the night before Christmas Eve opening presents from the rest of the friends and family that we wouldn't get a chance to see in the coming days (and to prevent transporting even MORE toys back from Fremont).

The kids had a blast! Every box had to be opened; every toy played with; every article of clothing worn. As soon as Mikayla opened a new shirt or PJs, without hesitation she'd start taking her clothes off right on the spot. Noah couldn't stop pushing buttons on his toys and wanted to play with the foam basketballs and footballs right away.

A big Thank You from the bottom of our hearts to everyone for your generous gifts. We feel truly blessed to have our friends and family in our lives and greatly value the support that you've given us over the last year. We love each and every one of you and hope to see more of you all in the next year.

Below are a sampling of most of the pictures from opening presents at home. The rest of the pictures can be found in the Christmas Eve Eve 2011 Album.

The Christmas Tree.

Yes, it's fake. Yes, we live in Michigan. Yes, we'll get a real one next year.

"What does this button do?"

More Chuggington trains!

Mommy fighting the toy packaging and cursing the toy packing industry

"Look Meee !!!"

Aftermath.