Here are the kids coming out for Christmas morning! Lucy was still sleeping and we didn't want to wake her up since she had been up coughing for a while that night and was sick and definitely needed the sleep. However, about 30 seconds after everyone came out and was super excited, she woke up, so I guess it didn't really matter.
Here I just got Lucy out of the laundry room where she slept to head out into the living room where all of the other commotion was. We both look pretty rough... Lucy in a more cute way though.
As soon as she saw this blow-up princess thing, she got so excited and dove out of my arms for it. We had blown it up once at home to make sure it worked and also so that Lucy could see it once and would recognize that it was hers on Christmas morning. Our plan worked. This ended up being something fun that all of the little girls liked playing with over the rest of the break.
Jackson was SO great with the little girls. He was always playing with them and trying to find things to entertain them and help them. Even when they were bugging him (like when they were messing up his new legos), he very nicely asked them to stop and helped them find something else. Such a nice boy. Here he is, just after checking out his Santa gifts, helping Lucy pull out her stocking gifts.
I love this cute face of Lucy's when she got another cuddly stuffed animal.
A few hours later, we headed over to a park that has a bunch of wildlife, but mainly alligators. Once you enter the gates of the park, there is a path to follow, but the alligators can be anywhere. Most of them were down on the banks by the water, just off the trail. It was so pretty and tropical looking with all of the palm trees and spanish moss everywhere. We did the whole walk, which was 3 miles round-trip. Because it was such nice weather that day, a lot of alligators were out and about as well as tons of birds, which Lucy liked. It was a good way to get out for some fresh air on Christmas day. 
All Lucy wanted to do was run around out of the stroller. Not that great of an idea when there are alligators all over.
Craig got this U of F Gators football from Jackson and Bennett for Christmas and wherever Craig went, that ball went too. It was appropriate to take a picture with the gator and the gator. This also came in handy because Lucy loved holding the football and it helped keep her in her stroller.
Bennett grabbed Lucy's hands and started dancing like crazy with her, which she loved. It put her in a silly mood after that and I loved all the faces she made, so I put them all in. I'm sure no one else cares about them, but I do, and it's my blog. :)
Once we got home, the kids all settled down and watched a movie... which lasted about 2 minutes for Lucy. Then, we gave the girls a bubble bath together but couldn't manage to get a decent picture of the three of them. Two refused to stand up, one refuses to sit down and turn around, etc. It was pretty funny. Thankfully we got two of the girls out before the third one pooped in the tub. haha.
Later on after the kids went to bed, we all did a workout video together and then stayed up watching funny youtube videos online for a long time. It was definitely a night filled with lots of laughing!
Ryan was so tough he only did one-armed push-ups the whole time. Definitely not just for the picture. ;)
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