Welcome, Santa!!

We loved our first Christmas Morning in our house! It was great. I had no expectations because Quinn has proven to never react the way I want her too. She woke up Christmas morning, and yelled, "It's Christmas!! Come get me!" over and over again in her crib. I had the video camera rady when Tim helped her up the stairs. I said, "There are so many presents up here, Quinn. You are going to freak out." The tree was packed with gifts that had all mostly been there for about 3 weeks, but the front room also has a new Little Tykes car and big play house. She didn't even notice or car about the car and house at first because she didn't understand that they were presents too. She just ran right around them to the tree. Santa had put her gifts in the car, and when I said, "Look (pointing tot he car and house) these are presents, too. She noticed the boxes in the car, and went straight to work taking them out of the car and putting them under the tree where they belong. After awhile she figured things out and go excited about her stuff. It took awhile to get the hang of gift opening because she is a gentle little thing and ripping paper with excitement really it's her style. McKenna was actually a much better gift opener. When we weren't looking, she would bend down and find a gift and have it half open in no time. Tim loved his Stephen Groo films, and I loved my new gloves, freezer and our new family set of Little House on the Prairie DVDs. The only problem with Christmas was that it was not long enough. We had to get the girls down for naps early, and when they woke up, I took them with me to California for the week. We left on Christmas because it was cheaper, but I think we really would have enjoyed the day at home with our new stuff and with each other. Special thanks to Grammy and Kristie for supplying the car and play house. BOTH girls love these gifts. McKenna spends all her time in the car when Quinn is at school, and they loved to play in the play house together. We had planned to put both these toys down stairs until Spring, but we really like they upstairs, so that is where they will stay for awhile. As many people know, I am not one to redecorate, so they night be up here forever. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!