Christmas eve and Christmas day were spent at my mom's house. Christmas Eve was pretty nutty- lots of people dropping in during the day, and a whooooole bunch of people coming for a party that night. Sophia received LOTS of presents. The party was Sophia's first big introduction to my side of the family, as most of my aunts, uncles and cousins had not met Sophia yet. Although there were lots of new people, mostly strangers, Sophia did really well. She was a little clingy, but eventually let me put her down, hand her off, or just let her play.
One of the best things The Husband and I did was keep Sophia on "California Time". So when it's 8pm here in San Diego, it's 10pm in Chicago. That means Sophia stayed up partying until 10 pm Chicago time with noooooo problem. She even had a costume change around 9pm (my baby diva in the making)
Sophia in her "my first christmas" pajamas.
Christmas morning was just with my immediate family. Sophia received so many presents, when it was her "turn", we had to open 2 or 3 presents for every 1 present the rest of us opened. Sophia received everything from toys, to jewelry, to clothes. But what were her favorites? The $3 stacking cups and the "yours for $15 with the purchase of 3 cards" animated toy from the Hallmark store. She Loooooves this thing. Its a snowman, dog and penguin on a sled, and when you sqeeze the snowman's hand, all three of them dance and the snowman sings "It's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you." (I have no idea if that's the name of the song or not, but you know the one I mean." She's played with that thing so much, we had to replace the batteries already.
Sophia and her stacking cups
The favorite toy from the hallmark store
Overall, Chirstmas was great. I've selected some of my favorite pics from Christmas Eve and Christmas to share. I hope Santa was good to you, too.
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