Christmas 2008
We had a fun and enjoyable Christmas holiday this year, and hopefully I can share that here with my blog readers through photos, videos and words.
We decided to have our own small family Christmas morning on Christmas Eve – we figured we have another year until Amelia really knows what Christmas is about, and it gave us some good family time together. Amelia actually seemed excited to see the gifts waiting for her and got into ripping paper. She seems to like her gifts this year, so that’s good. She asks to bounce on her pony almost every day.
Afterwards we headed up to Chris’ sister’s house for a family gathering. We somehow managed to get this picture of Chris, his sister and their girls. I think it involved riding horsey to get the girls to smile. (In case you are confused, Chris is holding his niece Lena, and Ann is holding Amelia – yes, Amelia looks more like Ann than me).
Christmas morning we woke up at Ann’s, wearing our matching pjs. I love the idea of getting holiday pjs on Christmas Eve – but I was disappointed in Amelia’s – I ordered her 2T from pajama gram and we had to almost rip the neck to even remotely get it over her head – way way too small for a 2T. Next year we’ll have to find a different source. At least it was a cute picture!
The girls took chairs next to each other to open gifts from Nonni, who was too generous! The girls call her ‘noh-noh’ now, which makes her so happy.
Lena really wanted to give her cousin a hug (with no prompting from us this time) – however, the day before Lena’s hug had caused a tumble for Amelia and she was a little wary of Lena’s hug… so you can see that Lena starts the hug, then Amelia pushes her away. It was adorable though – thanks for the hug Lena.
The video captures some of the fun of Christmas as well. The first one is longer with clips from both our opening at home, and the opening on Christmas morning. The second one is just an adorable peek at how Amelia ‘bowls’ with one of her gifts from my Aunt Linda (thanks Aunt Linda – she loves it!).
Finally, here is Amelia looking too cool after Christmas in mama’s sunglasses.
I hope everyone else had a great Christmas as well! I think next year Amelia will finally get to realize the spirit of the holiday and I can’t wait to help her learn.
Kelly
December 30th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
She is just too cute for words! She really got excited to see what was inside the paper each time! That was so cute! And her little words were just precious! I love when she said she was happy! So sweet!! And does she like her horse? Caden has it, but isn’t a huge fan of it. We’ve had it for several months now and keep hoping it will grow on him. I wish it “swayed” instead of just bounced up and down…
December 31st, 2008 at 5:19 am
She loves the horse – she asks to bounce a little every day. She is just barely tall enough, but she roars back at the elephant and moos at the cow.