Christmas is always fun and exciting but it is so much more fun and exciting when you've got a child to share it with, even when they aren't old enough to fully grasp the whole concept (side note: in the coming years we'll be trying to figure out how to balance the true meaning of Christmas with Santa).
We had quite the Christmas miracle this year, we had plans to attend the 6:00 p.m. Christmas Eve service and then go out to dinner with one of our favorite couples, unfortunately the evil stomach bug struck again (thank God it wasn't our family again) and that plan was cancelled around 4:00 but we decided to go ahead on our own. Now dinner time is usually 6:00 and the bed time routine starts around 7:30 so we were excpecting nothing short of disaster. Our little angel was well, a perfect angel. We came prepared with snacks galore, crayons and books but we didn't even need them, she was the model child in church and even the model child at the Japanese restaurant. A Christmas miracle indeed!
Christmas morning we had Grandma, Uncle Patrick and Uncle Andy over for breakfast and present opening. Savannah's big gift this year was a play kitchen, we knew she would eventually enjoy playing with it but we weren't sure if she'd enjoy it immediately - thankfully she LOVED it right away!
I think her favorite part of the kitchen is that phone, she has carried it around the house every day since. Looking back, we probably should have given her the kitchen last because she was more interested in playing with it rather than opening her HUGE pile of gifts. Oh well, just made Christmas morning last a little longer.
Not all of these gifts are hers but I'd guess about 75% were!
We only got her a few things but our little girl was most definitely spoiled with plenty of cute outfits and some super fun toys! Her closet might be getting an extra shelf soon and it looks like Toys R Us exploded in the living room and it isn't even over yet, this weekend we'll be celebrating Christmas all over again with Gammie & Papa and then again in a few weeks with her cousins!
Savannah wasn't the only one that got cool gifts, James got me an iPod touch and it has pretty much been attached to my hand for the past 5 days. And when it isn't attached to my hand, it's attached to his...I think we might be a little obsessed. I don't know if I have access to WiFi at work but if I do, let's just say my productivity will be WAY down.
We've both been off work all week (I had to go in until 11:30 a.m. on Monday) and it has been so nice!! This is the first time in 9 years that I've had this week off, to say I was eagerly anticipating it would be a major understatement. I know Savannah has really enjoyed having both of us home, she's even been sleeping until 7:15 which still sounds early but I assure you it is late for her. However, I'm already starting to worry about next week when we're back to the normal routine. I definitely don't envy James having to drop her off at daycare on Monday morning, something tells me it isn't going to be without tears on her part.
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