Christmas morning

Although not technically Jocelyn's first Christmas morning (as she was born on Christmas Eve last year), this was for all intents and purposes her first experience with it, and ours as parents as well. It was absolutely as wonderful as one can imagine - one of those times that make Julie and I wonder why we didn't start trying to have children long ago.

When we brought Jocelyn downstairs, she seemed at first to not really understand what was going on, but quickly sensed that the toys we had laid out were gifts for her. She got happier and more excited as she went on, which of course made us more and more happy and excited for her. Here are a few shots from the day:

Here is one of the first shots we took - she is just figuring out that all the toys set up in the living room are for her.

First time on a rocking horse!

More than happy to share gifts with Boomer, who stayed overnight on Christmas Eve along with Grammy and Pepere so that they could share the experience on Christmas morning.

This is one of my all-time favorite shots of her. Seeing her laugh and smile is one of life's great joys.

Figuring out the unwrapping of presents. I think she was taken aback a bit that it was all of a sudden OK to rip the paper off those boxes that had been sitting under the tree for a bit.
By the way, her pajama top pretty much says it all.

Dog tired (it was about 6:15AM when this photo was taken) and couldn't be happier.

Later in the day at Grammy and Pepere's - starting to get the hang of opening gifts now!

A rider from Aunt Jenn (who also hand-knit her sweater) and Uncle Greg was one of her favorite presents!