We had a delicious "Christmas" dinner with mom's signature steak and twice baked potatoes, and dad's birthday cake for dessert.
Quick Abby's in a good mood--let's take the Christmas pictures...
This picture did not make it into the Christmas cards, but I love how Abby and dad have the exact same expression, as Abby uses dad's hair for leverage.
It's hard to make a baby smile while you hold her. You end up looking like the one who drank a little too much eggnog at dinner...everyone else looks great!
After a nap, and a quick rendition of "open" and "close" with Uncle Matt, we were ready for the gift exchange.
One more family picture...
Mom has a tradition every year of giving us ornaments that signify something that happened this year, or something that fits with our personality or interest. I tried to post pictures of some of them here, but am having technical difficulties. Will try to add later...anyway, they were all very fitting and fun.
Abby got a cute alligator bath toy from Granpa...it winds up and swims around The Swamp, I mean, the bathtub.
...it quickly ended up in her mouth, like all of her other presents.
...the card with money for a "ball" from Matt and Marina...in the mouth.
The books from Granma and Granpa...in the mouth.
The new warm hat...on it's way to the mouth.
And the most fun part of it all...the wrapping paper! Although not pictured here, it also made it's way into the mouth in little wads that had to be fished out under much protest.
We adults exchanged gifts too, and enjoyed and appreciated each other's thoughtfulness and generosity. It is always fun, though, to see someone experience the beauty of the Christmas tree lights for the first time, to enjoy crinkling the paper between their little fingers, and exploring (and eating) new books and toys with new curiosity. We so appreciate Matt and Marina, Granma and Granpa making it a special time for all of us, but especially for little Abby.
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