HAPPY CHRISTMAS

my alarm went off at 5:43 this morning I believe. I had to get up by 6 or we weren't gonna do presents until WAY later. so I got up, walked into the kitchen at 5:55, turned on the light and kind of yelled in my parents' room's direction "Five minutes!"
"Four minutes!"
"Three minutes!"
then I think I put on *NSYNC's Christmas cd and turned on the tree.
then I went to the bathroom.
"GET UPPP! IT'S CHRISTMAS! GET UPPPPPPPP! PRESENT TIME!!! Put on some clothes before you come out! GET UPPPP!!!"
:D

so we started w/ our stockings. first thing I opened: OKTOMAT <3>
my stocking was chock full of camera stuff from lomography.com :D soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ridiculously excited.

then I played Santa and handed out presents. I gave mom a bottle of lotion's that fragrance is something like "Dancing Waters" or something, and I said it was from the Urchin Peoples hahahahaha. I got some more camera stuff, a lamp, more camera stuff, THE COMPLETE SERIES OF THE O.C. (I've been asking for that for years haha), a picture frame, and a tripod. so needless to say, I'm gonna be out shooting a lot soon hopefully.
I'M SO EXCITED. and apparently all the camera stuff came from Germany :)

all my camera stuff:
Oktomat
Fisheye 2
-fisheye circle cutter
Supersampler
Square-35 Pinhole Camera
Standard-35 Pinhole Camera
Lomolitos
Pop 9 Split Cam
fotoclips

I'M SO EXCITED :D I have to name them all, and for sure one of them will be Parker, not sure which one yet though. FAB way to start Christmas I think. and my mom said it was the first time I ever actually woke her up for Christmas, and I'm 18. how odd hahaha.
-7:36am

we left the house at like 8 to go to Colin and Erin's for presents and food.
I got some pj bottoms, socks, a $30 gift card to Barnes and Noble (YESSSSSSSS!), Titanic, Stardust, Tales of Beedle the Bard (of which I read 64 pages while there, almost done), a Twilight movie book, and The Lump of Coal by Lemony Snicket.
while we were eating breakfast (I ate at the table with the kids and Kelly), Sean looks up at me and asks "Do you have brains?" and I was like "What? Do I have brains?" and Sean said, "Yeah." I didn't know how to answer that because I was so stunned by the question, please keep in mind that he's not quite 4 yet, and my Uncle Colin was like "I think her lack of an answer about sums it up." hahahahahahahaha
it was absolutely hilarious. and Sean is the CUTEST kid in the entire world. I swear.


and now we're at home. I took a shower, cleaned the cat box, and put the presents back under the tree. I still need to clean my bathroom/room and vaccuum. and soon will be presents w/ my g-rents.
-1:22pm

then I cleaned. mom came home and g-rents came over. got a couple of cashmere cardigans from my grandparents, a SICK calendar from my parents, a tripod from my 'rents, and pjs and a realllllllly cool cross (that I'll probably never way but it's really neat) from my grandparents.
um, I don't remember what happened after that. maybe Kelly and Brandon showed up? so then I put on White Christmas and started constructing my square do-it-yourself camera. TOOK ME OVER TWO WHOLE HOURS. so frustrating, but it's neato.
we had dinner in between me finishing the camera and I had potato sandwiches. carbs much? YEAH.
then I finished the camera. ummmmmmmm, then we just hung out for awhile I think. then June and Ernie showed up and we had desert (this delicious concoction that's part chocolate ganache and part carmel filling with whipped cream on the top. I was only gonna have a bite of my mom's piece because my tater sandwiches filled me up, but after I took one bite I had to get my own it was so good. then we played a funny game that my g-ma wanted us to play. Ernie was protective of his Purell and Brandon of his irish springs soap hahahahahaha.
then I started working on my standard pinhole camera. after about 5 minutes of that we opened presents w/ June and Ernie. June's parents (Mama Honey and Tom) got me this delicious smelling hand soap and June and Ernie got me lotion and socks. and I still had a couple presents from my parents that I hadn't seen earlier and they were more lomolitos and the action sampler.
I HAVE SO MANY NEW CAMERAS TO NAME!!!!!!!!! :D
then I finished my standard pinhole, only took me like an hour and a half thankfully :)

so I pretty much got almost everything I asked for, minus the twin lens reflex that I still plan on buying, the Faceless International shirt, and a Charity:Water umbrella (I plan on getting both of those too because they're really awesome and for GREAT causes).
it was a good year. these past two Christmases have been FAB.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS :D

-11:01pm