On Christmas Eve, we went to sleep with twinkling lights dancing in our heads

bokeh tree

and woke up on Christmas morning to a bounty.

Annie couldn’t believe all the gifts:

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(just like her sister two years before)

are these all for me?

We opened our gifts

Opening Presents

opening presents

and then settled down for a cozy nap.

a long winter's nap

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Later we exchanged presents with Reilly:

Reilly and Annabel

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After that, we took a family photo

The Spohrs, Christmas 2010

The Spohrs on Christmas

It was a wonderful first Christmas for our youngest

sweet baby

but we missed our oldest so.

hi baby!