On Christmas Eve we celebrated with my Dad, Step-Mom, and Sister as we usually do. It was fun, I hope though that next year we can take up our yearly tradition of going to the Christmas Eve Service at church. We have not been able to go since Hailey was born but I think next year we will make sure it happens.
Hailey woke up to a wonderful visit from Santa and was a bit overwhelmed. We got through about 2/3's of the presents. Once we opened her beloved tree house from Santa it was all over. I couldn't pursuade her to open any more and it was a bit challenging to even get out of the house as she wanted to take it with her. It was so cute when she opened it, she says "youk Santa brought me my treehouse" it was priceless. We worked very hard to make sure that she asked for the one special gift by scanning it in my phone, looking at it frequently, and showing Santa. Santa definitely came through :)
Picking out the first gift
In the afternoon we then headed over to my Mom's to celebrate with family. We had a wonderful time eating a ton of food and enjoyed our first white elephant gift exchange.
The first gift at Gamma's
We definitely missed my brother Brian and his Girlfriend Karrie, but we know that they had a very fun time in two feet of snow in Boston with her family.
Hailey was SUPER spoiled as she got 3 full christmas' with 2 stockings! It is all about the kids and the sparkle in their eyes. I also understand the full meaning of making sure that "right" present is under the tree. I just haven't decided if those should be from Santa or from Mommy and Daddy. I think the magic of Santa coming down the chimmney makes it all worth it even though Santa does get all the credit :)
On Saturday we called Grandma and Grampa in Georgia and opened gifts while on the phone. Unfortunatly the web cam has been down for a few months but I got a new laptop for Christmas and it is now back up and running for weekly phone chats with Grandma Linda and Grampa George. They are also coming to visit during February and we hope to come up with some unique names that Hailey will call them as she has started to name everyone in her own special way.
Thank you Grandma and Grampa for my ice cream parlor and espresso machine
Yes, of course my child has to have her very own espresso machine! Now mommy gets as much coffee as Hailey wants to make me :) It even makes real sounds - our house sounds like a coffee shop, ahhhhhh the life! :)
Some of her favorites was the "new baby" from Geampa and Grandma Lollie (Lori), the treehouse from Santa, a few new dresses (she loves to wear dresses with tights) from mommy and Gamma, the kitty piano from the Haley's, her cottage playhouse and all the accessories from everyone.
My only disapointment was that I had so much fun with my new FLIP video recorder, that I didn't take as many pictures :( I will have to figure out how to pull individual pictures off the videos and post later.
Happy Holidays to all and here's to an extra special 2010!
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