Christmas 2011 - Grandad and Gigi

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Finn's Christmas with Grandad and Gigi began at around noon on Thursday when Grandad and Gigi picked Finn up from Victoria's house. When they got there Finn was mid-sandwich and upon seeing them shoved the entire half sandwich in his mouth so as to leave quicker.

Later that night Michael and I joined everyone at Grandad and Gigi's house. When we got there we ate sandwiches and watched Finn play with toys.

The next morning Finn woke up very early and had his own "Christmas Photo Shoot"





Clearly, the early of the morning did not dampen Finn's Christmas spirit.






The next morning Cooper, Hank, Em and Zac arrived for Christmas breakfast. Finn sat in a chair at our table and ate eggs. After breakfast and few pictures, the boys tore into their Christmas presents. Finn got a Mickey Mouse Rocket Ship, a real moving Thomas the Train set, some really cute clothes, a "Jeff Corvette" Cars car, a soft "Lightening McQueen" Cars car, puzzles and a coloring book. Finn loved the train set - so did Hank. He was fascinated by the train chugging around the track.





After all the presents had been opened Em and I ran to town while the boys played with their new toys. When we got back I learned that Finn had attempted to take a nap on a package of wipes so Michael put him down for a nap. He slept for a while and I managed to grab a little nap as well.

After Finn woke up we played for a few more minutes and then we loaded the car to head to Nana and Papa's house for Christmas.

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