Christmas Day 2007

Christmas was extra special for us this year since we had all of our family in town. My sister, Suzanna, was in town for 9 days from Denver, Tim's brother, Jordan and his girlfriend, Denise, were in town from Charleston for a couple of days, and Tim's grandmother, "Granna", was in town from Baltimore for a couple of weeks. It was truly the perfect holiday. We spent Christmas Eve at our house, where Chef Jordan (yes, he really is a chef!!!) made us a wonderful spread of appetizers to munch on as we relaxed and anticipated Santa's arrival. It was delicious, and was perfectly proportioned to "prep" our tummies for our big dinner the next day. After everyone left, Tim and I managed to get our overly-excited toddler down for the night and prepared for Santa's arrival. Being Tyler's third Christmas, it felt like his first, since this was the first year he really understood the meaning and festivities. He would even go around calling it Jesus' Birthday! We tried to explain both the fun and religious side of it.Tyler with Aunt Suzanna and Mimi on Christmas Eve. Santa came!! Maggie finishing off what Santa and his reindeer left.

Christmas Day started with us waking up Tyler (yes, we are kids at heart!!) and getting our morning started with gifts! He couldn't believe his eyes when we came down the stairs and saw his train and other gifts waiting for him. He does exist!! ;) We opened our gifts, including most of Tyler's. He was so preoccupied with his train. So much, that he missed breakfast, too.

Once our morning festivities were over, we got dressed and ready for Jordan, Denise, Granna and Nana to come over for more gift-giving.
After we were done at our house, we loaded up and headed over to my Blythe's parents' house for our big feast and more gifts! We had an absolutely wonderful meal. It was our first official holiday in their new house. It was perfect.

The Daniels/Jordan Family

Jordan, Denise, Judy, Tim, Granna, Tyler, Blythe Suzanna (Sophia!), Margie and Jerry