December Catch-Up

As many of you know, December is a VERY busy month for us. Lacy's birthday is on the first. Mine is on the sixth. Then there's Christmas on the 25th and our Anniversary on the 28th. For those of you who didn't know about all these events--I do accept personal checks ;) All kidding aside, throw in get-togethers with all the family and friends that are in town for the holidays and the parties and the shopping and the baking and everyone getting colds and all the other madness...much of it is now a blur, but I'll do the best I can.

Here's some pictures from Christmas morning. We started the morning by opening stockings in bed. Lacy was thrilled with her little Disney princess dolls (Aurora and Belle).
And as you can see my happy baby Anjali is pleased as punch with her stocking as well!
We then went downstairs to open presents under the tree.
I have to back track here for a bit. For the 2 weeks preceding Christmas, I could not leave a wrapped present anywhere within Lacy's reach, because she would open it. All the presents that were sent out in the mail or via grandpa to Utah were wrapped at least twice, because Lacy opened them while I wasn't looking. Even when visiting my uncle's new apartment Lacy managed to sneak off and open a present while we were in the other room. That being said, you can see that Lacy had already mastered ripping open presents and was well aware of the excitement of what was in store for her. But on Christmas morning, after opening presents #1, 2 and 3, we could tell that Lacy's excitement paled in comparison to the dolls she had just opened in her stocking. So she pretty much gave up interest and played with her dolls. Therefore, mom and dad had to force Lacy to open presents #4-8. Christmas day she didn't play with anything but those dolls. Cliff and I were excited that we might be able to return all of the expensive toys we got her since she was so disinterested. But her short attention span returned and she managed to open all of the new toys before we could think twice about returning them.

Anjali, my little angel, was all smiles while I opened her first present. But by the time I got to her second present, she fell asleep :)


Anywho...we did really well on Christmas. We received some great gifts and were able to see a lot of loved ones during the holiday season! Plus it was our first Christmas with Anjali...Baby's First Christmas is always fun!