Christmas 2011

Merry Christmas Y'all! This was Blakeley's 2nd Christmas, but her first REAL Christmas. Last year, Blakeley was only 6 months and I'm proud to say we did not go overboard with presents then. We knew she would be happy with tissue paper, and just hanging out! This year, I feel we didn't go too crazy. We got her one big present, and a couple of extra toys because she honestly doesn't have a ton of toys. (Which at times I worry I am neglecting my child of fun because we don't buy her toys very much - though I know later that will change when she can tell us when she wants something! :))

This year Justin and I stayed up late working on Santa presents (ok, really it was Justin who did all the work, I just stayed up for moral support!) Blakeley woke up a little earlier than normal, but not too early (she must had been excited about Santa coming to visit her! But I can say that it was AFTER sunrise!)

We were all prepared for Blakeley's first reaction to presents under the tree. Justin had us stay upstairs so he could video tape her coming down and seeing her new toys. I was assigned to take pictures as she came down. However, while she waited, she went ahead and found some toys and we had to coax her to come down the stairs! :)

Slow and steady, and on her bottom!
She instantly ran for the playhouse because she has one at school.

You can tell this is not her first time!

She is such a good girl, she closed the door behind her!

"Hi Guys!"

"Whoa!"

Daddy was very eager for her to use all the parts of the playhouse...

And wanted to show her that she had a place to sit...

Somone did not like that at all!!! (She just wasn't ready to sit down! She was too excited!)

But Daddy made it all better by "making coffee" with her! ;)

I made myself cozy in someone's purple chair! (And no, I did not get stuck!)

Blakeley's Buddy and Mimzy were sweet enough to get her a play kitchen, and she loves everything about it!
"What do I want to eat?"

For the rest of the day we lounged around in our jammies, had wonderful visits and skype sessions with all the grandparents! And to top it off, I decided to really excite Blakeley by getting in the playhouse! (And No, I did not get stuck! HA!)

(disclaimer: Blakeley is not wearing a shirt because she had just made a huge mess of her dinner....call me lazy but, it was too close to bath time/bed time to worry about putting on a new shirt! :))

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!