The big reveal ain't so big

The day has not started as we had expected. We had mint hot tea, Christmas classics playing in the background, sweet, cinnamon buns baking, and the camera on the ready to capture the excitement of the discovery of the BIG gift! Santa left a new plasma riding car under the tree for our son and usually he wakes up and comes downstairs to greet our Christmas tree. This morning, it was straight to the kitchen for some milk and bananas. Tending to a runny nose and a ruddy faced toddler who was hungry (probably b/c he didn't eat much for dinner at our Christmas Eve party). So finally, the necessities taken care of, we are ready to capture the big moment on camera. Only...after a few seconds of video the memory card is full. Michael runs down to download the card and capture the big reveal, but the computer crashes. Luckily in the meantime, I've distracted Payton with the treasures tucked inside of his stocking. Hot wheels & tractors. And somehow thirty minutes later, the BIG gift still sits undiscovered under the Christmas Tree. The camera is emptied and we actually capture the first moments of Payton's discovery of his new yellow and black riding car. All is well.