Berkeley's 1st Christmas

As I looked back at last Christmas' pictures, I realized I was super pregnant and little did I know this adorable little guy would be joining us just a week later. What a difference a year can make. This year Christmas was so much fun; even though Berke is too young to understand the concept of Christmas and Santa and Baby Jesus, he does get excited when he starts playing with new toys and books.

Santa set up Berke's Leap Frog Pad on Christmas Eve, Berke crawled all the way from the other room once he saw this, pulled himself up on it and played with it for a good 20 minutes. There is just so much to do, so many colors and fun sounds. It was pretty adorable.

Then we started opening the crazy amount of presents from family and he just kept getting more and more interested in all these new devices he got to play with. Grandma and Grandpa Sorrels sent him this train which he really loved.

After opening a few presents Berke just wanted to use his toys to climb all over.

I believe it is fair to say that McDuff was THE most excited for presents this year. This dog LOVES ripping the wrapping paper off of presents. He was treated very well this year, with a new leash and collar from Santa Paws, then he got a squeaky heart (in his mouth in picture), two bags of treats, and two squeaky stuffed animals. He was in Doggie Heaven. Not only did he get to open his own presents but he was more than willing to help his little brother out with his, since he really wasn't picking up on the whole unwrapping thing too quickly.

Here we are so excited about this phone that teaches numbers, letters and music. Thanks Great Grandma Evans. (Why is it that most the toys he got this year make noise?)

As you can see Berke is stoked about this car/walker toy, he couldn't be more happy with all the loot he received this year. He got lots of fun toys, cute clothes and books. What a lucky and loved kid we have.

Christian and I were also very spoiled this year. Here is the family loot. Thanks everyone for all the thoughtful and wonderful gifts, we loved everything!

After opening presents and a Christmas nap, we all got ready and took a nice walk to CHINA DELIGHT for some Chinese Food. Berke and daddy are sure to be warm during this venture.

This year our friends the Hadley's joined us for Chinese food. It was really fun and stress free not to have to cook a big meal. Not to mention we still have not done the dishes from the Christmas Eve Party, so we really didn't need any more.

We ended the night by going to our friends Jeremy and Jeff's house for mingling and cookies. It was a wonderful holiday. We really couldn't be more thankful for our wonderful families who we miss dearly this time of year, our super supportive and fun friends who are our families out here. We are especially grateful this time of year to remember the birth of our Savior. We are in awe of his life and what he taught us. We only hope we can try to live more like him and always follow his teachings of love and compassion.
Merry Christmas to all!