Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve came a little too quickly this year.  I had most of our shopping done, but my parents were in town and my dad had not had any time to buy presents because of his recent change in location and job.
My mom and dad had already helped us with the garage, so Chance and I decided to brave the mall on Christmas Eve and show them around.  


I entertained Chance on the carousel again while my parents hit up the department stores.  

They were suckers for the last minute sales and I'm pretty sure that they gave all of their spare change to let Chance play in the coin fountain.  

We took a break from shopping just long enough to take in the sights at Red Rocks and to stop in Morrison for some lunch.  

Then it was back to the mall again.  Where this time, I decided to risk it and let Chance try the trampoline that he has been pointing to and asking for every time we walk by.  

I thought as soon as I let him try it that he would start to cry...I'm not trying to sell my kid short...I just remember that he was terrified of Santa.  

The trampoline turned out to be the opposite of Santa! My camera was really blurry on all of the shots but can you see how big his smile is?  He did a great job!

Chance actually got really high! He is going to be such a dare devil!

With all of our shopping done and being out all day, we decided to relax at home for the night and make dinner together as a family.
Chance loves helping set the table.  He gets so excited when I set plates of food on the table that he runs to his seat and yells "WOW...let's eat"!

I had so much fun making chicken tortilla soup and caramel apple cider with my mom.  

Chance barely even knows I'm home when Grandpa is around to play!

My mom and dad took over all of the bed time duties for Chance.  It was so fun to watch them get Chance ready for bed.  

It's not every day that Chance gets to have his Grandparents around to show them all of his bath toys and how he can brush his own teeth.  

Chance had a blast showing Grandma his tricks on the pull up bar.  He is such a monkey!

I bought this book about the story of Jesus to read to Chance every year on Christmas Eve.  

After story time, we put Chance to bed and started working on helping Santa put together all of Chance's toys.  

Max was a very cautious father and made sure to test out all of the toys before giving them to Chance...for safety of course!

I could not have asked for a more relaxing Christmas Eve.  It was great to be at home with family.