Christmas this year was amazing! I usually really enjoy the holidays, but having Madison made everything so much more fun. I also managed to be more organized this year and had my Christmas shopping finished embarrassingly early, so I was able to relax and enjoy the holiday season.
We (well I - Matt really isn't as "spirited" as I am) started getting into the holiday spirit shortly after Thanksgiving this year. We put up our tree (which is a horrible fake tree that we've had for ages and I'm hoping we'll replace next year) when we got back from Grandma and Grandpa's house. Madison was great with the tree. I had visions of her pulling the ornaments off and trying to eat them, but she didn't tough it once. She did however like to sit in front of it and stare at the lights. We also took Mads to visit a house that has thousands of Christmas lights. She liked the lights, but she was holding onto Mommy as tight as she could.
We (well I - Matt really isn't as "spirited" as I am) started getting into the holiday spirit shortly after Thanksgiving this year. We put up our tree (which is a horrible fake tree that we've had for ages and I'm hoping we'll replace next year) when we got back from Grandma and Grandpa's house. Madison was great with the tree. I had visions of her pulling the ornaments off and trying to eat them, but she didn't tough it once. She did however like to sit in front of it and stare at the lights. We also took Mads to visit a house that has thousands of Christmas lights. She liked the lights, but she was holding onto Mommy as tight as she could.
Grandpa Robert came over from Sacramento the week after Thanksgiving, and we took Mads to visit Santa at the mall. My poor mother never managed to get a decent picture of me with Santa because I had an unhealthy fear of the jolly, old guy. I figured it was only fair that Madison would do the same thing to me, so I didn't have high hopes. Nevertheless we waited in line and when it was our turn we plopped Mads down on Santa's lap. She LOVED him! She smiled and pointed out all of the ornaments, trees and angels. I think she was actually upset that she couldn't hang out with him all afternoon.
My family celebrates Christmas on Christmas Eve, so Matt, Mads and I headed to my Aunt Lori's house for dinner. Madison loved seeing all of her cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents & great-grandparents. After dinner we all gathered around so Madison could open her presents. She sat on the floor with her great-uncle David and her cousin Abby. She had lots of fun opening all of her presents and was sharing everything she opened with Abby. After presents we packed up and headed back to my Grandpa Robert & Grandma Sarah's house to spend the night.
When we woke up on Christmas morning, Santa had found us! Madison opened a bunch more presents from Santa, Mommy and Daddy, Grandma and Grandpa, and her Aunties. She got books, puzzles, a ride-on toy, stuffed animals, but of course she loved the tissue paper the best. We stayed for Christmas breakfast and then headed out to Matt's parents house for Christmas dinner.
Once we arrived in Upper Lake we opened more presents and snuggled in front of the fire before dinner. Madison had a fabulous time playing with all of her toys and her grandparents. After dinner we tried to put Madison to bed, but she had other ideas. After all there were a ton of toys that needed to be played with. She usually goes to bed by 8:00, but she didn't go to sleep until close to 1:00 and she'd only sleep snuggled up with Mommy! It made for a rough night, but seeing her have so much fun made it worth it.
The next morning we packed up the car, which was a huge undertaking since we had accumulated the contents of several toy stores, and headed back home.
We had a wonderful Christmas and can't wait to do it again next year!
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