This was me last Christmas!

My first was also born in May, although his first Christmas was nothing spectacular. The twins were born in November, they were barely a month old on Christmas. For the life of me I can't even remember that year! Wonder why. My toddler was born in June. I remember helping him open his gifts. Last year was more fun for him, I have a video of him opening his first gift. He's just sitting there holding it, and hubby reached over to open it. He freaked out and tried to close the wrapping again until hubby pulled it off and showed him the Elmo underneath.

Isn't it fun to see the little ones open their gifts! I can remember one of my grandkids having the same reaction over a gift when they were young, too. They wanted to open it, didn't know how, but didn't want help, either. It's funny. And, when they get a little older, they open the SO fast, you can hardly see the reaction on their faces when there are lots in the room. We all sit on the floor and chairs in the LR and someone gives them out. We try to get one at a time to open a gift so we can take pictures, but they get tired of waiting, and you see paper just flying! And you wonder, did they really like what I got them? We always get a thank you for the gifts, but I love to see them open them and see their eyes light up when they get what they wanted. This year, it might not be that happy.

We have always taken turns, and it's difficult with a baby because they are so slow about it, and the other kids are just sitting there like, come on, I want to get to my presents, geez! But we make sure they do it one at a time, and they've learned to be patient.. at least for a little while. I'll usually have to tell them a few times to just sit and watch their sibling open a gift, because they like to go grab their next one and just hold it while someone else is opening one.

I would have remembered once I dragged our decorations out, but I was reminded when I was shopping yesterday and saw some. I think I've had to buy new stockings every year. One year I forgot to put them away so some of them got ruined. Then you know I keep adding kids to the family. One year when I went to buy a new stocking, the kind we usually got were gone, so I had to buy all new. I hope I don't have to do that again this year.

We just add to the list as we add family members. We don't all have the same ones so we don't have to worry about buying all new.

I've been pregnant for 3 Christmases. My twins were born in November, so I was not pregnnt for Christmas with them. With my oldest and my toddler I was only a bit pregnant, not too far along. They were born in May and June.

We leave ours at the table at their seat, wherever they have their breakfast. The first thing they do is play with the stocking, then once mom and dad have woken up a bit we start to open presents.

I've got 5 kids to spoil! The baby will probably not get a whole lot, he's still young and doesn't need much, and has all his brother's toys to play with. It's the older kids that matter most, so far they have a lot of good things.