Christmas 2008

Christmas dawned a little late for the Sheehan family -- we slept in until an incredible 8:30 am or so -- but that didn't diminish Jack's energy one little bit. Once he popped out of is door to see his Santa-swag, he was off to the races. Here's a video sampler of his orgy of presents, with a few random pics to follow:

Batman is the big thing this year (did you get that from the video above?) and Santa and Genevieve's folks and Nanny dialed in big in that department. Indiana Jones is still hanging in there too ---

--but the shadow of the bat is rapidly eclipsing him. Jack loved putting the uniform on but couldn't wear it too long because he couldn't quite sort out seeing through the eye-holes.

Loads of Bat-swag today . . .

. . . along with a much-desired Thomas table courtesy of Genevieve's folks. This will really get us off the hook when we walk down Myrtle Ave past the toy shop here in town. They have one of these and woe betide us if Jack wants to pop in there after a movie or something. We really have a job getting him out of there.

Even when Jack was opening non-Bat-related presents Batman (or several Batmen) had to "stay there and watch," as below:

The traditional kid reaction to receiving clothes as a gift:

. . . unless those clothes are Batman jammies!

It rained almost all day and it was cold, but that was kinda nice in a way -- made this California town feel more Christmas-y. Then as a bonus we got this massive rainbow right across the street. So glad I still had my friend's good camera I'd borrowed to grab some pictures before it disappeared.

These pics are mostly for my Mom, to show her how well her Christmas present for Genevieve worked out. But they look all kinds of Christmas-y too, so enjoy.

All in all we had an excellent Christmas and we hope you did too. 2009 promises big changes and big things, so let's bring that sucka on!