Santa? I KNOW him!

After lunch on Christmas Day we loaded up & headed to my parents’ house. It had been spitting snow a little all day, but none of it stuck. :0( Riley kept saying that he wanted to go play in it the whole drive. I hated there wasn’t any for him to play in but something…or someONE, I should say, drew his attention elsewhere when we arrived.

None other than Santa himself (aka my dad) was at Bubba & ViVi’s house! It totally caught Riley off guard & he was terrified. He never cried, but buried his head in TAG’s shoulder & cut his eyes at Santa. He of course had no idea it was really just his grandpa. Santa told him that this was his last stop & that he was heading back to the North Pole shortly. He tried to get a hug, but Riley wasn’t having it! He did cautiously take the candy cane from him but that was as close as he was going to get!



Both kids were real excited about this picture. Can’t you just see it on their faces?!



I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus…



Poor little guy had this deer-in-the-headlights look for at least 15 minutes after Santa left. I think he was still trying to figure out if he was dreaming or if that had really just happened!



Once we settled in, after Santa left & my dad “got out of the shower” (we told him that he juuusst missed Santa Claus!) we opened more presents & our stockings.



We always get a pecan roll candy & an orange in addition to our other stocking stuffers. Averly was eyeing TAG’s candy here!



Little Miss was enjoying her first Christmas! I felt so blessed to have both of my babies on Christmas this year! They make everyday so special for me.



Please notice the stockings hanging in behind us. They were knitted by one of my grandmother’s friends & my grandma gave them to my parents (just their 2) before my sister & I were born & when we came along, we were added as well. They are so old & missing a few details here & there (like Santa’s foot on the one behind me) but we love getting them out every year. It brings back so many memories.



Later on Christmas night Davie & Mindy always come over. I just love them so much! They are basically our god-parents. TAG & I got married at their beautiful house, they have been there for mine & my sister’s births, as well as both of my children’s.



And then the day after Christmas, my best friend Kelly & her husband came by to visit. Riley loves his Aunt Kel & asks to go swimming any time he sees her! He loves going swimming at her house!



My little Sugar Plum was still taking it all in!