Merry Christmas, guys. In this cozy 2025 Christmas morning vlog, I’m taking you right into that quiet “blue hour” moment before our toddler wakes up—when Jack and I are tiptoeing around, setting up Annie’s big prize, and soaking in that nervous/excited energy. In our house, Santa always leaves something right outside the bedroom door to prove he came, and this year Annie woke up to Max (from The Grinch—she and the Grinch are tight right now), a cute L.L.Bean pullover situation, and then we headed downstairs to see the full Santa setup. From there it’s all the real-life chaos I love most: coffee that takes “too long,” raspberry scones, Bella underfoot, and our whole family piled in as Annie opens gifts (doctor kit, baby stroller, Moana dress, dino everything). We read Santa’s note about the crunchy carrots and the cookie bite, laugh way too hard at the “smells like I own this mother effing place” homeowner candle, and even get into the very serious family lore of the red shovel—because if it’s going in the garage, it has to be Christmasy. It’s messy, loud, sentimental, and exactly the kind of holiday magic I want to remember.