Holiday Blues

Now that the holiday's are over I have time to finally update about our Christmas.  It's kind of sad that the holidays are over.  This was the first year that Alexis really got into the whole thing.  Last year she loved seeing the tree but didn't completely understand the concept of Santa, but this year she knew Santa was going to bring her presents and started asking for things in October.  Well actually she only had one request for Santa.  She wanted an elephant to hang on the bottom of the tree.  Elephants are her favorite animals so it didn't surprise me that she requested and elephant of some kind.  Just happy that it was for a real one, although I am sure that one is coming.

Unfortunately she is still scared to sit on Santa's lap but hopefully another year and that will change and she will sit on his lap and tell him what she wants for Christmas.  The biggest change this year was her excitement to leave Santa cookies and then wake up in the morning to notice that he ate them all.  We were concerned about her waking up before us and diving right into the gifts before we got downstairs and went to church.  This past Easter she woke up early and went downstairs and found all the eggs the  Easter bunny hid and then came up stairs to declare she found them all.  Thankfully she stayed in bed until I went and got her and we were able to get to church on time and everything.

Alexis, as usual got spoiled by everyone including Santa.  She loves each of her gifts and has been having fun dividing her attention between all of her new toys.  She got a Leap Pad from one set of grandparents and a lot of games to go with it.  She ran through brand new batteries the first day because she couldn't stop playing it it.  Time to invest in some rechargeable batteries.  My best friend, whom we call Aunt, got her a camera.  A nice kid proof one that won't break if she drops it.  She has taken a lot of pictures with it.  Her favorite thing is taking pictures of all of her new toys.  She got a lot of puzzles for Christmas so every time she puts one together she insists on taking a picture of it.  I love watching her enjoy all of her gifts.

Here are some pictures of the morning.  Here is to all the wonderful Christmas memories made.